The expectation of an unpleasantness is more terrible than the thing itself.

  • -- Marie Bashkirtseff 玛丽·巴什基特塞夫

对不愉快的期待比事情本身更可怕。

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Worry affects the circulation, the heart, the glands, the whole nervous system, and profoundly affects the health. You have never known a man who died from overwork, but many who died from doubt.

忧虑影响循环系统、心脏、腺体和整个神经系统,并对健康产生深远的影响。你从未见过一个人死于过度劳累,但许多人死于怀疑。

If you see ten troubles coming down the road, you can be sure that nine will run into the ditch before they reach you.

如果你看到十件麻烦事接踵而来,你可以肯定其中九件在它们到达你之前就会掉进沟里。