We exaggerate misfortune and happiness alike. We are never as bad off or as happy as we say we are.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

我们把不幸和幸福都夸大了。我们从来没有像自己说的那么穷,也从来没有像自己说的那么幸福。

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Life, misfortunes, isolation, abandonment, poverty, are battlefields which have their heroes; obscure heroes, sometimes greater than the illustrious heroes.

生活、不幸、孤独、遗弃、贫穷,都是有英雄的战场;无名英雄,有时比显赫的英雄更伟大。

Only the misfortune of exile can provide the in-depth understanding and the overview into the realities of the world.

只有流亡的不幸,才能提供对世界现实的深入了解和概览。

You can be happy, or you can be right. If you want to be part of a couple and win every argument, you're in trouble.

你可以快乐,也可以是对的。如果你想成为夫妻中的一员,赢得每一场争吵,你就有麻烦了。

Let us all be happy, and live within our means, even if we have to borrow the money to do it with.

让我们都快乐,量入为出,即使我们不得不借钱来做这件事。

It would be difficult to exaggerate the degree to which we are influenced by those we influence.

我们受到那些我们所影响的人的影响的程度是难以夸大的。

Free yourself from the complexities of your life! A life of simplicity and happiness awaits you.

把自己从复杂的生活中解放出来!简单而幸福的生活正等着你。

The independence of all political and other bother is a happiness.

独立于一切政治和其他烦恼是一种幸福。

Exaggeration is to paint a snake and add legs.

夸张就是画一条蛇,加上两条腿。

All news is an exaggeration of life.

所有的新闻都是对生活的夸大。