教父经典台词
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He (Don Corleone) had long ago learned that society imposes insults that must be borne, comforted by the knowledge that in this world there comes a time when the most humble of men, if he keeps his eye open, can take his revenge on the most powerful. It was this knowledge that prevented the Don from losing the humility all his friends admired in him.
他(柯里昂教父)早就懂得:社会上常常会有突如其来的侮辱,那是必须忍受的。在这个世界上,常常会出现这样的情况:最微不足道的人,如果他时刻留意的话,总会有机会向那些最不可一世的人报仇血恨。明白了这个道理,也就心平气和了。正是因为明白这个道理,老头子才从来不丧失那种他所有朋友都叹服的谦虚谨慎的作风。
PS: Any profession was worthy of respect to men who for centuries earned bread by the sweat of their brows.
千百年来,只要凭卖力气,流汗水换饭吃,任何职业都是值得尊敬的。
The Don always taught that when a man was generous, he must show the generosity as personal. He gave the baker a Di Nobili cigar and a glass of yellow Strega and put his hand on the men’s shoulder to urge him on. That was the mark of the Don’s humanity. He knew from bitter experience what courage it took to ask a favor from a fel