It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

  • -- Ivan Goncharov 伊凡·冈查罗夫

不诚实人的计谋,是献上不需要的祭物,或是献上不可能的祭物,免得献上所需要的。

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I got very cross with the term, kitchen sink. It just meant that you invaded different kinds of houses, where it was very difficult to avoid kitchen sink.

我对“厨房水槽”这个词很生气。这只是意味着你侵入了不同种类的房子,在那里很难避免厨房水槽。

I learned early and at that kitchen table that there are ways of avoiding, without guilt, the commitments of love.

我很早就知道,在厨房的餐桌上,有一些方法可以避免,没有罪恶感,爱的承诺。

Faith means belief in something concerning which doubt is theoretically possible.

信仰指的是相信在理论上怀疑是可能的事情。

Sometimes we misjudge what is possible and what is not.

有时我们会错误地判断什么是可能的,什么是不可能的。