When we are young, we are slavishly employed in procuring something whereby we may live comfortably when we grow old; and when we are old, we perceive it is too late to live as we proposed

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

当我们年轻的时候,我们被奴性地雇来采购一些东西,这样我们老了以后就可以舒舒服服地生活;当我们老了的时候,我们觉得已经太迟了,不能再像我们提议的那样生活了