Courtship is to marriage, as a very witty prologue to a very dull play.

  • -- William Congreve 康格里夫

求偶之于婚姻,犹如一出枯燥乏味的戏剧的诙谐开场白。

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Flattery in courtship is the highest insolence, for whilst it pretends to bestow on you more than you deserve, it is watching an opportunity to take from you what you really have.

求爱时的奉承是最无礼的,因为它假装给你的东西比你应得的多,其实是在伺机夺走你真正拥有的东西。

My father was on the faculty in the Chemistry Department of Harvard University; my mother had one year of graduate work in physics before her marriage.

我父亲是哈佛大学化学系的教员;我母亲在结婚前读了一年的物理研究生。

Sleeping together is a euphemism for people, but tantamount to marriage with cats.

睡在一起对人们来说是一种委婉的说法,但这相当于和猫结婚。