It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

-- Charles Simmons 查尔斯·西蒙斯

不能及时说出一个“不”字，然后决定“不”，这既是一种不幸，也是一种极大的不幸。

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Be willing to have it so. Acceptance of what has happened is the first step to overcoming the consequences of any misfortune.

愿意这样吧。接受已经发生的一切是克服任何不幸后果的第一步。

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Little minds are tamed and subdued by misfortune; but great minds rise above them.

小小的心灵会被不幸驯服和征服;但伟大的思想高于它们。

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There is no cash in battling evil: just the opposite in my experience.

与邪恶作斗争没有金钱，我的经验恰恰相反。

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Of two evils, it is always best to vote for the less hypocritical.

两害相权取其轻。

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