The defects and faults of the mind are like wounds in the body; after all imaginable care has been taken to heal them up, still there will be a scar left behind, and they are in continual danger of breaking the skin and bursting out again.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

思想上的缺陷和过失就像身体上的创伤;尽管已经采取了一切可以想象的治疗措施,伤口还是会留下疤痕,而且随时有皮肤破裂和再次破裂的危险。

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The left dismisses talk about the collapse of family life and talks instead about the emergence of the growing new diversity of family types.

左派不愿谈论家庭生活的崩溃,而是谈论家庭类型日益多样化的出现。

I can't let go of anything because I'm always afraid I'll be left with nothing to hold on to.

我不能放弃任何东西,因为我总是害怕自己会一无所有。

I healed. Not completely. A scar is never the same as good flesh, but it stops the bleeding.

我治好了。不完全。伤疤和好肉不一样,但它能止血。

My scar is beautiful. It looks like an arrow.

我的伤疤很漂亮。它看起来像一个箭头。