FOLLIOTT. Yes, sir; there are two great classes of men: those who produce much and consume little; and those who consume much and produce nothing. The fruges consumere nati have the best of it. Eh, Captain! You remember the characteristics of a great man according to Aristophanes: [Greek text]. Well, Captain, even in these tight-laced days, the obscurity of a learned language allows a little pleasantry.英文原著 · 《Crotchet Castle》
"I may here add the singular sequel to this visit. On the succeeding day M. Daguerre paid me a visit to see the Telegraph and witness its operations. He seemed much gratified and remained with me perhaps two hours; two melancholy hours to him, as they afterwards proved; or while he was with me, his buildings, including his diorama, his studio, his laboratory, with all the beautiful pictures I had seen the day before, were consumed by fire. Fortunately for mankind, matter only was consumed, the soul and mind of the genius, and the process were still in existence."英文原著 · 《The History and Practice of the Art of Photography》
For example: when God appeared on Mount Sinai (Exod. xix, 18) ``The Lord descended upon it in fire.'' Moses, repeating this history, said: ``The Lord spake unto you out of the midst of fire'' (Deut. iv, 12). Again, when the angel of the Lord appeared to Moses out of the flaming bush, ``the bush burned with fire and the bush was not consumed'' (Exod. iii, 3). Fire from the Lord consumed the burnt offering of Aaron (Lev. ix, 24), the sacrifice of Gideon (Judg. vi, 21), the burnt offering of David (1 Chron.英文原著 · 《The Miracle Mongers》
And now the heavy wrath of God Upon their uncle fell; Yea, fearful fiends did haunt his house, His conscience felt an hell: His barns were fired, his goods consumed, His lands were barren made, His cattle died within the field, And nothing with him staid.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
But Love had, like the canker-worm, Consumed her early prime: The rose grew pale, and left her cheek; She died before her time.英文原著 · 《A Bundle of Ballads》
That priest is the poker. Made of a material more merciless and warlike than the other instruments of domesticity, hammered on the anvil and born itself in the flame, the poker is strong enough to enter the burning fiery furnace, and, like the holy children, not be consumed. In this heroic service it is often battered and twisted, but is the more honourable for it, like any other soldier who has been under fire.英文原著 · 《A Miscellany of Men》
When you start eliminating consumers, you start eliminating jobs, which eliminates consumers, which eliminates jobs,美剧 · 《The News Room》
"Hutch Bailey has betrayed the consumer and his own legacy by tampering with the recipe"?美剧 · 《Billions》
I have a perfect score with Consumer Reports.美剧 · 《Billions》
This company has real consumer potential-- Yet this bank is invested in this because the chairman's son was in the Spee with the Chief Tech Officer.美剧 · 《Billions》