However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

  • -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman 吉尔曼

然而,一个人不能把一夸脱放在一品脱的杯子里。

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I cannot believe that the inscrutable universe turns on an axis of suffering; surely the strange beauty of the world must somewhere rest on pure joy!

我无法相信,神秘莫测的宇宙会以痛苦为轴心;世界的奇异之美一定是建立在纯粹的快乐之上的!

All young women begin by believing they can change and reform the men they marry. They can't.

所有的年轻女性都是从相信自己能够改变和改造嫁给自己的男人开始的。他们不能。

How disturbing it is that our illusions are often our most important beliefs.

令人不安的是,我们的幻觉往往是我们最重要的信念。

Common sense is compelled to make its way without the enthusiasm of anyone.

没有任何人的热情,常识是被迫前进的。

She wondered that hope was so much harder then despair.

她感到奇怪,希望比绝望难得多。

Common sense ain't common.

常识并不普遍。