Perhaps there is only one cardinal sin: impatience. Because of impatience we were driven out of Paradise, because of impatience we cannot return.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

也许只有一个主要的罪:不耐烦。因为不耐烦、我们被赶出乐园。因为不耐烦、不能再来。

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We cannot conceive of matter being formed of nothing, since things require a seed to start from... Therefore there is not anything which returns to nothing, but all things return dissolved into their elements.

我们不能设想物质是无中生有的,因为事物需要一粒种子从……因此,没有什么东西会归于虚无,而是所有的东西都回归到它们的元素中去了。

It is true that sin is the cause of all this pain; but all shall be well, and all shall be well, and all manner of things shall be well.

的确,罪是所有这些痛苦的原因;一切都会好的,一切都会好的,一切都会好的。

The best measure of a man's honesty isn't his income tax return. It's the zero adjust on his bathroom scale.

衡量一个人是否诚实的最好标准不是他的所得税申报表。这是他浴室磅秤上的零点调整。

Sins desire will take you down to the fire but God's the only one who can stop the twisted liar.

罪的欲望会把你带到火里,但只有神能阻止扭曲的骗子。