What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

使人难以忍受老年之苦的不是一个人智力和身体的衰退,而是一个人记忆的负担。

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No other country in the world gives protection like that, but it is not absolute protection. People sometimes meet that high burden and win libel suits, and in those cases I think they ought to win.

世界上没有其他国家提供这样的保护,但这并不是绝对的保护。人们有时会遇到这种沉重的负担,并赢得诽谤诉讼,在这些案件中,我认为他们应该赢。

The misfortunes hardest to bear are these which never came.

最难忍受的不幸是那些从未发生过的不幸。

The yoke you wear determines the burden you bear.

你所负的轭决定你所负的重。

Respect the burden.

尊重的负担。