Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.

  • -- Samuel Richardson 塞缪尔·理查森

每当我们赞同时,我们可以找到一百个好的理由来证明我们的赞同是正确的。每当我们不喜欢的时候,我们可以找到一千个理由来证明我们的不喜欢。

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I like them all - I don't always approve. I see myself as a sort of benevolent uncle to these characters, and I can see why they do what they do; sometimes they make some mistakes, but at heart I think they're decent.

我喜欢他们所有人——我并不总是赞成。我把自己看作是这些角色的仁慈叔叔,我能理解他们为什么这么做;有时他们会犯一些错误,但在内心深处,我认为他们是正派的。

As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。