The countenances of children, like those of animals, are masks, not faces, for they have not yet developed a significant profile of their own.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

儿童的脸,就像动物的脸一样,是面具,而不是脸,因为他们还没有形成自己的显著特征。

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My life has been a continuous fulfillment of dreams. It appears that everything I saw and did has a new, and perhaps, more significant meaning, every time I see it. The earth is good. It is a privilege to live thereon.

我的生活就是一个不断实现梦想的过程。似乎每次我看到和做的每件事都有一个新的,也许更重要的意义,每次我看到它。地球是好的。生活在其中是一种特权。

No man for any considerable period can wear one face to himself and another to the multitude, without finally getting bewildered as to which may be the true.

在相当长的一段时间内,任何人在面对自己和大众时,都不能不弄清楚哪一张脸是真实的。

We would do well to slow down a little focus one the significant and truly see the things that matter most.

我们最好放慢脚步,把注意力放在重要的事情上,真正看到最重要的事情。