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The primary duty of a serious biographer is to illuminate his subject’s life work, not to play the spy in his bedroom.

  • -- Philip Toynbee 菲利普·汤因比

一个严肃的传记作家的首要职责是阐明他的主人公一生的作品，而不是在他的卧室里扮演间谍。

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A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."

一个人如果意识到自己对一个深情地等待着他的人所承担的责任，或者意识到自己对一项尚未完成的工作所承担的责任，他就永远不能抛弃自己的生命。他知道他的存在的“为什么”，并将能够忍受几乎任何“如何”。

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There are some some times in life where you have to let your feelings go and do what must be done.

人生中总有那么几次，你不得不释放自己的情感，去做必须做的事情。

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