Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

很少有什么不幸能比有一个真正慈爱的母亲所带来的更坏的后果降临到一个男孩身上。

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One has to accept pain as a condition of existence. One has to court doubt and darkness as the cost of knowing. One needs a will stubborn in conflict, but apt always to the total acceptance of every consequence of living and dying.

一个人必须接受痛苦是生存的条件。一个人必须追求怀疑和黑暗作为了解的代价。一个人需要在冲突中固执的意志,但总是倾向于完全接受生与死的每一个后果。

I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.

我成了一个职业失败者——为了还房贷,我不得不继续失业。幸运的是,灾难似乎总是在正确的时间降临到我身上。