In masks outrageous and austere, The years go by in single file; But none has merited my fear, And none has quite escaped my smile.

  • -- Elinor Wylie 埃莉诺·怀利

戴着骇人而严峻的面具,岁月以一列纵队流逝;但没有一个人值得我害怕,也没有一个人能完全逃脱我的微笑。

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No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

在相当长的一段时间内,任何人在面对自己和大众时,都不能不弄清楚哪一张脸是真实的。

The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.

儿童的脸,就像动物的脸一样,是面具,而不是脸,因为他们还没有形成自己的显著特征。

In sleep, you are safe from the revolting mechanics of living and being a prey to outrageous fortune.

在睡眠中,你是安全的,从令人反感的生活机制,并成为一个令人发指的财富的猎物。

In difficult times fashion is always outrageous.

在困难时期,时尚总是令人无法容忍的。