He that can compose himself is wiser than he that composes books.

能够平抚自己的情绪，比能够提笔写书更有智慧。

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Given the chance to speak before he was sentenced, Ginglen started to address the court, stopped for a minute and a half to compose himself, and then said: 'I'd like to apologize to everyone.

在宣判之前，法庭给他申辩的机会。他花了一分半钟的时间使自己镇静下来，然后对法庭说：“我想向大家道歉！”

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Also without intending to do it, Brian was training himself to compose at the piano.

也没有打算这样做，布赖恩是培养自己撰写的钢琴。

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He blinked, looked away from Winfrey, and with his lip trembling, struggled to compose himself.

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