We are minor in everything but our passions.

  • -- Elizabeth Bowen 伊丽莎白·鲍恩

除了我们的激情,我们在任何事情上都是次要的。

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When marrying, ask yourself this question: Do you believe that you will be able to converse well with this person into your old age? Everything else in marriage is transitory.

当你结婚的时候,问自己这个问题:你相信在你年老的时候你能和这个人很好地交谈吗?婚姻中的其他一切都是短暂的。

All the dark, malevolent Passions of the Soul are roused and exerted; its mild and amiable affections are suppressed; and with them, virtuous Principles are laid prostrate.

灵魂中所有黑暗、邪恶的激情都被激发和发挥出来;它温和可亲的感情被压抑了;有了他们,高尚的原则就会被推翻。

Why cannot we correct the baneful passions, without weakening the good?

为什么我们不能在不削弱善的情况下纠正邪恶的激情呢?

Everything that's old is new, and everything that's new is old.

一切旧的都是新的,一切新的都是旧的。