Where misunderstanding serves others as an advantage, one is helpless to make oneself understood.

  • -- Lionel Trilling 特里林

当误解把别人当作一种优势时,一个人是无法使别人理解自己的。

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The present times require the vigor and the activity of the prime of life; but I feel the increasing infirmities of age to such a degree, that I am conscious I cannot serve you to advantage.

当今时代需要壮年时期的活力和活动;但我感到年事已高,体弱多病,我知道我不能为你效劳。

I know it was harder for me taking care of my dad during his cancer than it was going through my own. You feel more helpless as a caregiver.

我知道,对我来说,在父亲患癌症期间照顾他要比我自己经历的困难得多。作为一个看护人,你会感到更加无助。

He who is in love with himself has at least this advantage - he won't encounter many rivals.

爱自己的人至少有这个优势——他不会遇到很多竞争对手。

If one does not understand a person, one tends to regard him as a fool.

如果一个人不了解一个人,他往往会认为他是一个傻瓜。

A first sign of the beginning of understanding is the wish to die.

理解开始的第一个迹象是渴望死亡。

Society attacks early, when the individual is helpless.

当个人感到无助时,社会就会早早地发动攻击。