When I think of a merry, happy, free young girl - and look at the ailing, aching state a young wife generally is doomed to - which you can't deny is the penalty of marriage.

  • -- Queen Victoria 维多利亚女王

当我想到一个快乐、幸福、自由的年轻女孩——再看看一个年轻妻子通常注定要处于的那种病态、痛苦的状态——你无法否认这是婚姻的惩罚。

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A father may turn his back on his child, brothers and sisters may become inveterate enemies, husbands may desert their wives, wives their husbands. But a mother's love endures through all.

父亲可能背弃他的孩子,兄弟姐妹可能成为根深蒂固的敌人,丈夫可能抛弃妻子,妻子可能抛弃丈夫。惟有母亲的慈爱,能看透一切。

An ideal wife is one who remains faithful to you but tries to be just as charming as if she weren't.

一个理想的妻子应该对你忠贞不渝,但又尽力让自己看起来魅力十足。