正确的引用句是-
It is at our mother's knee that we acquire our noblest and truest and highest ideals,but there is seldom any money in them.
- Mark Twain,a Biography
直接翻译为-
It is at our mother's knee (我们坐在母亲膝盖上的时候) that we acquire (获得)our noblest (最伟大) and truest (最真) and highest (最高尚)ideals (的理想),but there is seldom any money in them (但这些理想往往都转不到钱).
意思是 - 人们通常在小的时候拥有最伟大,最真及最高尚的理想,但这些理想也往往转不到钱.(因此我们都在成长的路上放下了幼时的理想.)