Pity the selfishness of lovers: it is brief, a forlorn hope; it is impossible.

  • -- Elizabeth Bowen 伊丽莎白·鲍恩

可怜爱人的自私吧,它是短暂的,是无望的希望;这是不可能的。

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Women who have had no lovers, or having had one, two or three, have not found a husband, have perhaps rather had a miss than a loss, as men go.

没有情人的女人,或者曾经有过一个、两个或三个情人的女人,还没有找到丈夫,就像男人一样,也许宁可失去而不愿失去。

Posthumous charities are the very essence of selfishness when bequeathed by those who, even alive, would part with nothing.

死后的慈善是自私的本质,当遗赠给那些即使活着,也不会放弃任何东西的人。

To lend your hatchet and get your forest cut down.

借你的斧头砍倒你的森林。

I had a lovers quarrel with the world.

我有一个爱人与世界争吵。