If two friends ask you to judge a dispute, don't accept, because you will lose one friend; on the other hand, if two strangers come with the same request, accept because you will gain one friend.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

如果两个朋友让你评判一场争论,不要接受,因为你会失去一个朋友;另一方面,如果两个陌生人有同样的要求,接受吧,因为你会得到一个朋友。

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We didn't have a TV in the living room and all my friends thought we were kind of weird. When they'd come over, my mom wanted to talk to them about current events.

我们家客厅里没有电视,我所有的朋友都觉得我们有点怪。当他们来的时候,我妈妈想和他们聊聊时事。

I prefer to imagine that my wife, a few friends, and occasionally my mom are the only ones who read what I do, though I realize that this is somewhat unrealistic.

我更愿意想象只有我的妻子、几个朋友,偶尔还有我的妈妈会读我所写的东西,尽管我意识到这有点不切实际。