No ordinary work done by a man is either as hard or as responsible as the work of a woman who is bringing up a family of small children; for upon her time and strength demands are made not only every hour of the day but often every hour of the night.

  • -- Theodore Roosevelt 西奥多·罗斯福

一个男人所做的普通工作,没有一项像抚养一个有小孩的家庭的妇女所做的工作那样辛苦或负责任;因为对她的时间和力量的要求不仅是白天的每一个小时,而且常常是夜晚的每一个小时。

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It is not difficult to deceive the first time, for the deceived possesses no antibodies; unvaccinated by suspicion, she overlooks lateness, accepts absurd excuses, permits the flimsiest patching to repair great rents in the quotidian.

第一次欺骗并不难,因为被骗者没有抗体;由于没有受到怀疑的免疫,她忽视了迟到,接受荒谬的借口,允许最脆弱的修补来修补日常生活中的巨大裂缝。

Nothing seems to me more doubtful than Aristotle's remark that it is probable the arts and philosophy have several times been discovered and several times lost.

在我看来,没有什么比亚里士多德的这句话更令人怀疑的了:艺术和哲学很可能已经被发现过几次,又消失过几次。