The real sin against life is to abuse and destroy beauty, even one's own -even more, one's own, for that has been put in our care and we are responsible for its well-being.

  • -- Katherine Anne Porter 凯瑟琳·安·波特

对生活的真正罪过是滥用和破坏美,甚至破坏自己的美——甚至破坏自己的美,因为美已经被放在我们的关怀之中,我们要对它的幸福负责。

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People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.

有钱财的人犯罪,却不显露自己的快乐;但是仆人和较穷的女人很少有机会隐藏自己的大肚子,或者至少隐藏大肚子带来的后果。

It is bad for a young man to sin; but it is worse for an old man to sin.

年轻人犯罪是不好的;但老年人犯罪更甚。