Things were easier for the old novelists who saw people all of a piece. Speaking generally, their heroes were good through and through, their villains wholly bad.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

对那些把人看成一体的老小说家来说,事情要容易得多。总的来说,他们的英雄是彻头彻尾的好人,他们的坏人则是彻头彻尾的坏人。

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As much as I converse with sages and heroes, they have very little of my love and admiration. I long for rural and domestic scene, for the warbling of birds and the prattling of my children.

尽管我与圣人和英雄交谈得很多,但他们很少有我的爱和钦佩。我渴望乡村和家庭的景色,渴望鸟鸣和孩子们的闲聊。

I love playing bad. But my whole thing is usually villains that don't know that they're evil.

我喜欢玩坏。但我的全部通常都是不知道自己是邪恶的恶棍。

We all want heroes and we all want somebody to look up to.

我们都想要英雄,我们都想要有人敬仰。