A promising young man should go into politics so that he can go on promising for the rest of his life.

一个有前途的年轻人应该从政，这样他就能继续有前途地度过余生。

A purpose of human life, no matter who is controlling it, is to love whoever is around to be loved.

人类生活的一个目的，不管谁在控制它，就是爱身边被爱的人。

A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.

一个读者在他死之前经历了一千次生命。从不读书的人只活一次。

A real love is not having your beloved in bed but in your dreams and thoughts.

真正的爱不是让你的爱人躺在床上，而是在你的梦里和思想里。

A real relationship is where you can tell each other everything and anything. No secrets, no lies.

真正的关系是你可以告诉对方任何事情。没有秘密，就没有谎言。

A relationship is not based on the length of time you spent together, it’s based on the foundation you built together.

一段感情不是基于你们在一起的时间长短，而是基于你们共同建立的基础。

A response of love confuses your enemies, but it always enrages legalists.

爱的回应会让你的敌人困惑，但它总是激怒法学家。

A romantic man often feels more uplifted with two women than with one: his love seems to hit the ideal mark somewhere between two different faces.

一个浪漫的男人和两个女人在一起常常比和一个女人在一起更能让他感到振奋:他的爱似乎在两张不同的脸之间达到了理想的境界。

A room without books is like a life without meaning.

没有书的房间就像没有意义的生活。

A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

幽默感…需要护甲。一个人内心的喜悦和嘴角的笑意是一个人内心深处对生活有很好的把握的标志。

A shady business never yields a sunny life.

阴暗的事业不会带来光明的生活。

A sheltered life can be a daring life as well. For all serious daring starts from within.

受庇护的生活也可以是勇敢的生活。因为所有真正的勇敢都是从内心开始的。

A ship's engine far away on the water expands the summer-night horizon. Both joy and sorrow swell in the dew's magnifying glass. Without really knowing, we divine; our life has a sister ship, following quietly another route. While the sun blazes behind the islands.

远处海面上的一艘轮船的发动机把夏夜的地平线扩大了。快乐和悲伤都在露水的放大镜里膨胀。没有真正的了解，我们是神圣的;我们的人生有一艘姐妹船，悄悄地沿着另一条航线航行。太阳在岛屿后面闪耀。

A sincere apology is analogous to authentic repentance.

真诚的道歉相当于真正的忏悔。

A single action can cause a life to veer off in a direction it was never meant to go.

一个简单的行动就能让生活偏离原本的方向。