Nothing is more pleasurable than to sit in the shade, sip gin and contemplate other people's adulteries, and while the wormy apple of marriage still lives, the novel will not die.

  • -- John Skow 约翰·斯构

没有什么比坐在阴凉处,啜饮杜松子酒,沉思他人的风流韵事更令人愉快的了,只要婚姻的蛀虫还活着,小说就不会消亡。

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We are told that people stay in love because of chemistry, or because they remain intrigued with each other, because of many kindnesses, because of luck. But part of it has got to be forgiveness and gratefulness.

我们被告知,人们保持爱情是因为化学反应,或者是因为他们对彼此保持好奇,因为许多善意,因为运气。但其中一部分必须是宽恕和感恩。

Four things does a reckless man gain who covets his neighbor's wife - demerit, an uncomfortable bed, thirdly, punishment, and lastly, hell.

贪图邻居妻子的鲁莽男人会得到四件事:记过,不舒服的床,第三,惩罚,最后,地狱。

Women need real moments of solitude and self-reflection to balance out how much of ourselves we give away.

女人需要真正的独处和自我反省的时刻来平衡我们付出了多少。

I discovered my wife in bed with another man, and I was crushed. So I said, 'Get off me, you two!'

我发现我的妻子和另一个男人在床上,我崩溃了。所以我说,‘放开我,你们两个!’