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The final test for a novel will be our affection for it, as it is the test of our friends, and of anything else which we cannot define.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

对一部小说的最后考验将是我们对它的喜爱，正如它是对我们的朋友以及任何我们无法定义的东西的考验。

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There are numerous bugbears in the profession of a politician. First, ordinary life suffers. Second, there are many temptations to ruin you and those around you. And I suppose third, and this is rarely discussed, people at the top generally have no friends.

在政治家的职业中有许多令人担忧的事情。首先，平凡的生活是痛苦的。其次，有很多诱惑会毁了你和你周围的人。我认为第三，这一点很少被讨论，高层人士通常没有朋友。

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If it's very painful for you to criticize your friends - you're safe in doing it. But if you take the slightest pleasure in it, that's the time to hold your tongue.

如果批评你的朋友让你很痛苦，你这样做是安全的。但如果你从中得到一点点快乐，那就是闭嘴的时候了。

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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

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Love is what makes two people sit in the middle of a bench when there is plenty of room at both ends

爱是当凳子两端都有足够的空间时，两个人却坐在中间

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