Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

诚实的错误应该被同情,而不是嘲笑。

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Our most tragic error may have been our inability to establish a rapport and a confidence with the press and television with the communication media. I don't think the press has understood me.

我们最可悲的错误可能是我们无法与新闻界和电视与传播媒介建立融洽的关系和信心。我不认为媒体了解我。

It's an indication of how cynical our society has become that any kind of love story with a sad theme is automatically ridiculed as sentimental junk.

这表明我们的社会已经变得多么愤世嫉俗,任何以悲伤为主题的爱情故事都会自动被嘲笑为情感垃圾。

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

亲密无间的信任,最大程度上是出于一种想要得到同情或钦佩的愿望。

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

真诚并不总是真实的;相反,错误往往比真理更为严重。