A son can bear with equanimity the loss of his father, but the loss of his inheritance may drive him to despair.

-- Niccolò Machiavelli 尼科尔·马基雅维利

儿子可以心平气和地忍受失去父亲，但失去遗产可能会使他绝望。

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Don't hold your parents up to contempt. After all, you are their son, and it is just possible that you may take after them.

不要蔑视你的父母。毕竟，你是他们的儿子，你有可能继承他们的衣食。

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My son - and what's a song? A thing begot within a pair of minutes, thereabout, a lump bred up in darkness.

我的儿子，什么歌?不出两分钟，一个东西就生了出来，在黑暗中长大。

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Boast is always a cry of despair, except in the young it is a cry of hope.

自吹自擂总是一种绝望的呼喊，除了在年轻时，它是一种希望的呼喊。

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A carpet of despair which lay underneath the levels of fury.

愤怒之下的绝望之毯。

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