13、Hitch your wagon to star. 把你的大车套在星星上。/人要志向远大。
这句话意味着人要有远大理想，要立志超脱一切世俗事物。
Hitch, to fasten something,在这里解释为被钩住；被栓住；被套住。Hitch...to...就是把...系上，栓上。这个词还有多种解释：
(1)a problem that delays something for a short time.故障；障碍。比如说：讨论顺利地结束了。我们可以这样表达：The discussion passed off without a hitch.
(2)informal to ask for a free ride from the drivers of passing cars by putting your hat out with your thumb raised.求得免费搭车。免费搭车者我们就说：hitchhiker.
Wagon, a strong vehicle with four wheels, used for carrying heavy loads and usually pulled by horse; a large open container pulled by a train, used for carrying goods. (in BrE),是指四轮马车；在英式英语中指(铁路)货车。
大家在使用这个谚语的时候需要特别注意一下，虽然这句话含有人要志向远大的意思，但是也有可能是贬义，即：好高骛远。
14、I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions. ----- Hellman
我不能、也不愿毁灭我的良心去迎合时尚。----赫尔曼
conscience means the awareness of a moral or ethical aspect to one's conduct together with the urge to prefer right over wrong,良心就是对鞭策人行善而非作恶的本能行为在伦理或道德上的意识。例如：Let your conscience be your guide.让你的良心指引你。His conscience troubled him after he took the money.他拿了钱以后，他的良心使他不安。我们常说的凭良心就是according to one's conscience,问心无愧是have a clear [good] conscience.
关于这个词，有如下习惯用语：
A good conscience is a constant feast. (=A good conscience is a soft pillow.)
问心无愧，高枕无忧。
A guilty conscience is a self-accuser. (=A guilty conscience needs no accuser.)
做贼心虚。
A quiet conscience sleeps in thunder. 没做亏心事，不怕鬼叫门。
get sth. off one's conscience 解除良心上的负担
have the conscience (to do; to say sth.) 竟厚颜无耻到(做、说...)
in all conscience 凭良心说，真的，的确，一定
make sth. a matter of conscience 凭良心对待［做］某事
另外在口语中，我们可以说My conscience！这表示啊呀！嗳！好家伙！(表示惊奇，遗憾等)的意思。
这句格言，其实说的就是一种坚韧不屈的性格。
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