After I'm dead, I'd rather have people ask why I have no monument than why I have one.

  • -- Marcus Porcius Cato 马库斯·波修斯·卡托

我死后,我宁愿有人问我为什么没有纪念碑,也不愿有人问我为什么有纪念碑。

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The life of Dumas is not only a monument of endeavour and success, it is a sort of labyrinth as well. It abounds in pseudonyms and disguises, in sudden and unexpected appearances and retreats as unexpected and sudden, in scandals and in rumours, in mysteries and traps and ambuscades of every kind.

杜马斯的一生不仅是一座努力和成功的丰碑,也是一座迷宫。它充斥着假名和伪装,出现在突然和意想不到的地方,又以突然和意想不到的方式退却,出现在丑闻和谣言中,出现在各种各样的神秘事件、陷阱和埋伏中。

People said, That's great for your career, but what have you done? I kept feeling I had to defend myself.

人们说,这对你的事业很好,但你做过什么?我一直觉得我必须为自己辩护。

I'm one of those people who have everything in their purses.

我是那种把所有东西都放在钱包里的人。

I think if it's not monumental, there's no point.

我认为如果它不是不朽的,就没有意义了。