Secrecy sets barriers between men, but at the same time offers the seductive temptation to break through the barriers by gossip or confession.

  • -- Georg Simmel 齐美尔

秘密在男人之间设置了障碍,但同时也提供了通过流言蜚语或坦白来打破障碍的诱惑。

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Every time I've talked about my family in the past, people have ended up getting upset. So I said to my friends and family: 'I shan't refer to you at all, and there's nothing for you to get upset about. There's the deal.'

每次我谈到我过去的家庭,人们最后都变得心烦意乱。所以我对我的朋友和家人说:‘我根本不会提到你,你也没有什么可烦恼的。这笔交易。”

Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

没有什么比公共开支更容易的了。它似乎不属于任何人。把它送给别人的诱惑是压倒性的。

If you have to keep a secret it's because you shouldn't be doing it in the first place.

如果你不得不保守秘密,那是因为你一开始就不应该这么做。

You had to be willing to fight in order for a love story to last a life time.

你必须愿意为一个爱情故事奋斗一辈子。

The higher the classification of secrecy, the quicker you will report it.

保密级别越高,你就会越快报告。

I generally avoid temptation unless I can't resist it.

我一般会避免诱惑,除非我无法抗拒它。