I'd never seen him like this, so sure of himself, so in command.

我从未见过他像这样，如此自信，如此得心应手。

《柯林斯英汉双解大词典》

It is remarkably, however, that Seneca himself never mentions the plays, since there are certain passages in them that could be used to illustrate points of his philosophy.

然而，值得注意的是，塞内加本人从未提及这些戏剧，因为其中有些段落可以用来阐明他的哲学观点。

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You never knew, sir, perhaps, that out of doors he never would let himself be taken.

先生，也许你从来就不知道，他是决不会让人把自己带出门的。

youdao

"He created all the legends about himself.He used to say 'never let the truth get in the way of a good story.' But when you're playing him you have to take away all of those just peel him back to try and find the truth."

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But how did Plato intend this dialogue to be understood? Note that Socrates never defends himself by reference to the doctrine of unlimited free speech.

但柏拉图到底想要这场辩证,如何被理解呢？请注意,苏格拉底的自辩从未援引,无限自由言论学说。

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If Milton as a poet who had never really published anything significant thinks of himself as a virginal writer, then there's an important way in which Milton loses his virginity with his published version of Comus in 1637.

如果弥尔顿作为一个诗人,或者作为一个童贞情节的作家,从来没有出版过任何自我思考的重要作品，那么就有很重要的一点,弥尔顿在1637年出版的《Comus》中失去了童贞。

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He grew to be an impressive young man--intelligent, articulate, judicious, persuasive, well defined but never full of himself, exceptionally attractive.

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Only in retrospect did they realize that he never revealed much of himself.

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And I saw my father carry himself with that same dignity, that same pride in being able to provide for his family, that same hope that one day his kids would have opportunities he never dreamed of for himself.

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