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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I always wanted to get married with just candles! I think candlelight is the most beautiful light there is and there's something very spiritual about it.

我一直想用蜡烛结婚!我认为烛光是世界上最美丽的光,有一种精神上的力量。

To enlarge or illustrate this power and effect of love is to set a candle in the sun.

要扩大或说明爱的力量和效果,就像在阳光下点燃一支蜡烛。

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。

We are minor in everything but our passions.

除了我们的激情,我们在任何事情上都是次要的。

A candle lights others and consumes itself.

蜡烛照亮别人,却毁灭了自己。