But, alas! what poor Woman is ever taught that she should have a higher Design than to get her a Husband?

  • -- Mary Astell 艾斯泰尔

但是,唉!有哪个可怜的女人受过这样的教育:她应该有一个比找个丈夫更高的目标?

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For years my wedding ring has done its job. It has led me not into temptation. It has reminded my husband numerous times at parties that it's time to go home. It has been a source of relief to a dinner companion. It has been a status symbol in the maternity ward.

多年来,我的结婚戒指一直发挥着它的作用。它没有使我陷入诱惑。它在聚会上多次提醒我丈夫该回家了。这对晚餐同伴来说是一种解脱。它已经成为产科病房的身份象征。

Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!

她的权利会损害她的性格,如果她被认为与男人平等,她就不再是女人了,这种愚蠢的想法应该打消!

In other words, each piece of the building must look as though it was designed for that particular building.

换句话说,建筑的每一部分都必须看起来像是为那栋特定的建筑而设计的。

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth.

我丈夫说我的脚很小很好,因为它们更容易进入我的嘴里。

Let the wife make the husband glad to come home, and let him make her sorry to see him leave.

让妻子让丈夫高兴地回家,让他让她难过地看到他离开。

I'm a designer of more than clothes. I am a designer of a very creative concept.

我不仅仅是服装设计师。我是一个非常有创意的概念设计师。

The Oxford manner is, alas, indefinable; I was going to say indefensible.

唉,牛津式的态度是无法定义的;我要说的是站不住脚。

Whoever has trusted a woman has trusted deceivers.

信女人的,就是信骗子。

A man should kiss his wife's navel every day

男人应该每天亲吻妻子的肚脐