Few misfortunes can befall a boy which bring worse consequence than to have a really affectionate mother.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

很少有什么不幸能比有一个真正慈爱的母亲所带来的更坏的后果降临到一个男孩身上。

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Few men can be said to have inimitable excellencies: let us watch them in their progress from infancy to manhood, and we shall soon be convinced that what they attained was the necessary consequence of the line they pursued, and the means they used.

很少有人能称得上具有无可比拟的优点。让我们看看他们从幼年到成年的成长过程,我们很快就会相信,他们所取得的成就是他们所追求的事业和所使用的手段的必然结果。

I've become a professional failure - in order to pay the mortgage I have to remain unemployed. Luckily, a disaster always seems to befall me at exactly the right moment.

我成了一个职业失败者——为了还房贷,我不得不继续失业。幸运的是,灾难似乎总是在正确的时间降临到我身上。

But every act in consequence of our faith, strengthens faith.

惟有我们信心的结果,就是叫我们的信心越发坚固。