What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

使人难以忍受老年之苦的不是一个人智力和身体的衰退,而是一个人记忆的负担。

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I have found it impossible to carry the heavy burden of responsibility and to discharge my duties as king as I would wish to do without the help and support of the woman I love.

我发现,没有我所爱的女人的帮助和支持,我不可能肩负起重任,履行我作为国王的职责。

Let us be of cheer, remembering that the misfortunes hardest to bear are those which never come.

让我们振作起来,记住最难忍受的不幸是那些永远不会到来的不幸。

It is less difficult to bear misfortunes than to remain uncorrupted by pleasure.

与其忍受不幸,不如不为快乐所腐蚀。

Respect the burden.

尊重的负担。