3/25/2014

「永遠對他人讓步的人,最終將沒有自己的原則。」“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”

“He that always gives way to others will end in having no principles of his own.”
– Aesop, Storyteller

「永遠對他人讓步的人,最終將沒有自己的原則。」– 伊索 (說書人)
give way to 讓步,退讓。例:Despite growing pressure, the minister still refused to give way. (面對增加的壓力,部長依然拒絕讓步。)
伊索相傳為公元前 7 至 6 世紀的希臘人、《伊索寓言》的作者,最早出現在希臘歷史學家希羅多德的史學名著《歷史》中,傳說是一名奴隸,後因博學多聞而獲主人釋放為自由人,可以參與公共事務。

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