Hopes delayed hang the heart upon tenter-hooks.

迟来的希望使人心惶惶不安。

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At the heart of every faith system is a bargain: on one side there is the comfort that comes from a narrative that suggests human life has cosmic significance, and on the other a duty to yield to moral commands that can, in the moment, seem rather inconvenient.

每一种信仰体系的核心都是一笔交易:一方面,从一段说明人类生活具有宇宙意义的叙述中获得的慰藉,另一方面,人们有责任服从道德命令,而在目前看来,道德命令可能相当不方便。

People who are employed in a way they don't like - my heart cries for them.

那些以他们不喜欢的方式工作的人——我的心在为他们哭泣。