Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind extinguishes candles and fans fires.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

离别减少平庸的激情,却增加伟大的激情,正如风吹灭蜡烛,煽旺篝火。

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It is not hardness of heart or evil passions that drive certain individuals to atheism, but rather a scrupulous intellectual honesty.

驱使某些人成为无神论者的不是冷酷无情或邪恶的情感,而是一丝不苟的理智诚实。

The seas are quiet when the winds give o'er; So calm are we when passions are no more!

当风吹过的时候,大海是平静的;当激情不再时,我们是多么平静啊!

There is no economy in going to bed early to save candles if the result is twins.

如果结果是双生子,为了节省蜡烛而早睡是不经济的。

Husbands are like fires - they go out when they're left unattended.

丈夫就像火——无人看管时就会熄灭。

Our lives are like a candle in the wind.

我们的生活就像风中的蜡烛。