The offhand decision of some commonplace mind high in office at a critical moment influences the course of events for a hundred years.

  • -- Thomas Hardy 哈代

在关键时刻,一些身居高位的平庸之辈的随意性决定会影响事件的进程达一百年之久。

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Friendship is born at that moment when one person says to another: "What! You too? I Thought I was the only one."

当一个人对另一个人说:“什么!你也是?我以为只有我一个人。”

The only courage that matters is the kind that gets you from one moment to the next.

唯一重要的勇气是那种能让你从这一刻走到下一刻的勇气。