The desires of the heart are as crooked as corkscrews, Not to be born is the best for man; The second-best is a formal order, The dance’s pattern; dance while you can.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

心中的欲望像开塞钻一样弯曲,不生对人来说是最好的;第二好的是正式的秩序,舞蹈的模式;趁你还能跳舞的时候跳舞。

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To think that two and two are four And neither five nor three The heart of man has long been sore And long ’tis like to be.

一想到二加二等于四,既不是五也不是三,人的心就会长久地感到痛苦,而人的心也会长久地感到痛苦。

The lover who gives you her body but not her heart is generous with thornless roses.

爱人把她的身体给你,却不把她的心给你,他对没有刺的玫瑰是慷慨的。