It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

一个人把他所做的事和他可能做的事相比较,这是最令人痛心的。

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For whatever be the knowledge which we are able to obtain of God, either by perception or reflection, we must of necessity believe that He is by many degrees far better than what we perceive Him to be.

因为无论我们能从上帝那里获得什么知识,无论是通过知觉还是反思,我们都必须相信,上帝在许多方面都比我们所认为的要好得多。

My father is the jailhouse. My father is your system... I am only what you made me. I am only a reflection of you.

我父亲是监狱看守。我的父亲是你的体制…我只是你创造的我。我只是你的一个影子。

Now and then an innocent man is sent to the legislature.

偶尔会有一个无辜的人被送到立法机关。

No man is as anti-feminist as a really feminine woman.

没有哪个男人像真正的女性那样反女权主义。