By taking a second wife he pays the highest compliment to the first, by showing that she made him so happy as a married man, that he wishes to be so a second time.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

他娶了第二个妻子,这是对第一个妻子的最高敬意。他表示,作为一个结了婚的男人,她使他非常幸福,他希望有第二个妻子。

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Enlarge my life with multitude of days, In health, in sickness, thus the suppliant prays; Hides from himself his state, and shuns to know, That life protracted is protracted woe. Time hovers o’er, impatient to destroy, And shuts up all the passages of joy.

求你使我一生的年日,无论是健康的年日,是疾病的年日,都广加增我的寿数。对自己隐藏自己的状态,并回避知道,生命的延长是延长的悲哀。时间一晃而过,迫不及待地要毁灭一切,关闭了所有欢乐的通道。

Even the most malignant gods would not continue to inflict life upon humanity, time without end.

即使是最邪恶的神也不会继续给人类带来无尽的生命。

Candor is a compliment  it implies equality. It's how true friends talk.

坦率是一种恭维,它意味着平等。真正的朋友就是这么说的。

I can live for two months on a good compliment.

只凭一句赞美的话我就可以充实地活上两个月。