Beauty is desired in order that it may be befouled; not for its own sake, but for the joy brought by the certainty of profaning it.

  • -- Tom Stoppard 汤姆·斯托帕德

人们追求美,是为了使它受到玷污;不是为了它自己,而是为了肯定要亵渎它而带来的快乐。

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As a guest who doesn't eat, drink or smoke, you leave much to be desired, but as a writer, you're my girl.

作为一个不吃、不喝、不抽烟的客人,你有很多不足之处,但作为一个作家,你是我的女孩。

The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.

死亡的打击就像爱人的钳子,让人感到疼痛和渴望。

A bird in hand is a certainty. But a bird in the bush may sing.

有一只鸟在手是肯定的。但是灌木丛中的鸟也会唱歌。

Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

信念是真理比谎言更危险的敌人。