The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

  • -- Thomas Hardy 哈代

在关键时刻,一些身居高位的平庸之辈的随意性决定会影响事件的进程达一百年之久。

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Our difficulties of the moment must always be dealt with somehow, but our permanent difficulties are difficulties of every moment.

我们一时的困难必须以某种方式加以解决,但是我们永久的困难是每时每刻的困难。

It comes too soon, the moment when there is nothing left to wait for.

它来得太快了,没有什么可以等待的时刻。