伊索寓言 | The Fox and the Crab
Be content with your lot.
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短篇小说 | Amended Obituaries
Sir,--I am approaching seventy; it is in sight; it is only three years away. Necessarily, I must go soon.
伊索寓言 | The Flies and the Honey
Be not greedy for a little passing pleasure. It may destroy you.
英语演讲 | Woodrow Wilson: War Message to Congress
I have called the Congress into extraordinary session because there are serious, very serious, choices of policy to be made, and made immediately, which it was neither right nor constitutionally permissible that I should assume the responsibility of making.
短篇小说 | A Memory
I kind of dodged, and the boot-jack broke the looking-glass. I could have waited to see what became of the other missiles if I had wanted to, but I took no interest in such things.
伊索寓言 | The Fisherman and the Little Fish
A small gain is worth more than a large promise.
英语演讲 | Dwight D. Eisenhower: Farewell Address
First, I should like to express my gratitude to the radio and television networks for the opportunities they have given me over the years to bring reports and messages to our nation.
短篇小说 | A Medieval Romance
It was night. Stillness reigned in the grand old feudal castle of Klugenstein. The year 1222 was drawing to a close. Far away up in the tallest of the castle's towers a single light glimmered. A secret council was being held there.
伊索寓言 | The Fir-Tree and the Bramble
Better poverty without a care than wealth with its many obligations.
英语演讲 | Robert F. Kennedy: Remarks on the Assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr.
I'm only going to talk to you just for a minute or so this evening, because I have some -- some very sad news for all of you -- Could you lower those signs, please?
短篇小说 | A Letter to the Secretary of the Treasury
Sir,--Prices for the customary kinds of winter fuel having reached an altitude which puts them out of the reach of literary persons in straitened circumstances, I desire to place with you the following order:
伊索寓言 | The Fighting Cocks and the Eagle
Pride goes before a fall.
