Those Marriages generally abound most with Love and Constancy, that are preceded by a long Courtship.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

这些婚姻通常充满了爱和坚贞,在此之前还有一段漫长的求爱期。

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Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

求爱时的奉承是最无礼的,因为它假装给你的东西比你应得的多,其实是在伺机夺走你真正拥有的东西。

I fancied I had some constancy of mind because I could bear my own sufferings, but found through the sufferings of others I could be weakened like a child.

我以为我有某种坚忍的心,因为我能忍受自己的痛苦,但发现通过别人的痛苦,我可以被削弱像一个孩子。

Many men are deeply moved by the mere semblance of suffering in a woman; they take the look of pain for a sign of constancy or of love.

许多男人被一个女人表面上的痛苦所深深打动;他们以痛苦的表情来寻找坚贞或爱的迹象。

Courtship consists in a number of quiet attentions, not so pointed as to alarm, nor so vague as not to be understood.

求偶包括许多安静的关注,既不尖锐到引起警觉,也不模糊到让人无法理解。

In a state where corruption abounds, laws must be very numerous.

在一个腐败猖獗的国家,法律肯定非常多。