This the curse of service: Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second stood heir to the first.

  • -- William Shakespeare 威廉·莎士比亚

这就是为国效劳的诅咒:升迁靠的是信和感情,而不是过去那种分分秒秒都比前一秒更重要的等级制度。

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Affection between adults - if they are really adult in mind and not merely grown up children - and creatures so relatively selfish and cruel as children necessarily are without knowing it or meaning it, cannot be called natural

成年人之间的感情——如果他们在思想上是真正的成年人,而不仅仅是已经长大成人的孩子——和孩子们之间的感情是如此自私和残忍,孩子们必然不知道或没有意识到这一点,那么这种感情就不能被称为自然的

The moment we indulge our affections, the earth is metamorphosed, there is no winter and no night; all tragedies, all ennui, vanish, - all duties even

我们一旦放纵了自己的感情,地球就会变形,没有冬天也没有黑夜;所有的悲剧,所有的无聊,所有的消失,甚至所有的责任