A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

  • -- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

儿子可以心平气和地忍受失去父亲,但失去遗产可能会使他绝望。

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Sometimes to go forward you've got to go to the depths of your own personal despair and claw yourself back. From that point, no matter what happens, you know you can do it.

有时候,要想前进,你必须深入到自己个人绝望的深处,然后把自己拉回来。从那时起,无论发生什么,你都知道你能做到。

A few years after my first son was born, he wanted to know how we chose his name, so I began reading him the story of Noah's Ark.

在我第一个儿子出生几年后,他想知道我们是如何给他取名字的,所以我开始给他读诺亚方舟的故事。

In each family a story is playing itself out, and each family's story embodies its hope and despair.

每个家庭都有自己的故事,每个家庭的故事都包含着希望和绝望。

The worst waste of breathe, next to playing a saxophone, is advising a son.

除了吹萨克斯管,最浪费时间的就是给儿子出主意。