Young men want to be faithful, and are not; old men want to be faithless, and cannot.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

年轻人想要忠诚,却没有;老年人想背信弃义,但办不到。

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There is an ancient saying among men that you cannot thoroughly understand the life of mortals before the man has died, then only can you call it good or bad.

古语有云:人在未死之前,无法彻底了解人的一生,只有善恶之分。

A realist, in Venice, would become a romantic by mere faithfulness to what he saw before him.

在威尼斯,一个现实主义者只要忠实于眼前所见,就会成为一个浪漫主义者。

Kindness and faithfulness keep a king safe, through kindness his throne is made secure.

王因仁慈和诚实、得以保全他的国位、也因仁慈立稳。

Few men have been admired of their familiars.

他们的熟人中很少有人钦佩。