She gave up beauty in her tender youth, gave all her hope and joy and pleasant ways; she covered up her eyes lest they should gaze on vanity, and chose the bitter truth.

  • -- Christina Rossetti 克里斯蒂娜·罗塞蒂

她放弃了年轻时的美貌,放弃了所有的希望、欢乐和快乐;她闭上眼睛,以免他们看到虚荣,选择了苦涩的真相。

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Sometimes my fancy gets to floating inside me, threatening to carry me away like a leaf on a wind. Better to be a stone.

有时我的幻想开始在我的内心漂浮,威胁着要把我带走,就像风中的一片叶子。不如做块石头。

If we do not find anything very pleasant, at least we shall find something new.

如果我们找不到任何令人愉快的东西,至少我们会找到一些新的东西。

There may be good, but there are no pleasant marriages.

也许有好的婚姻,但没有幸福的婚姻。

Where there is no vision, there is no hope.

没有远见,就没有希望。