The irrationality¹ of a thing is not an argument against it's existence, rather, a condition of it.

一件事的荒谬，不能成为驳斥它存在的论据。相反，这恰恰是它存在的条件。

爱得太深，会失去所有荣耀和价值 。

When love is in excess, it brings a man no honor nor worthiness²

Of all the animals, man is the only one that is cruel. He is the only one that inflicts³ pain for the pleasure of doing it.

在所有的动物中，只有人类是残忍的。他们是唯一将快乐建立在制造痛苦之上的动物。

Every man has his secret sorrows which the world knows not,and oftentimes we call a man cold when he is only sad.

人人都有隐秘之苦，不为外人所知，我们常说人冷若冰霜，其实他只是黯然神伤。

From the deepest desires often come the deadliest hate.——Socrates 【苏格拉底：最深的欲望总能引起最极端的仇恨。】（Gideon）

Love never dies a natural death.It dies of blindness and errors and betrayals.It dies of weariness,of witherings of tarnishings.

爱从不会自然消亡，它只会死于盲目 错误和背叛，死于厌倦 凋零和黯淡。

The basis of shame is not some personal mistake of ours, but... that this humiliation⁴ is seen by everyone.

羞耻的本质并不是我们个人的错误，而是被他人看见的耻辱。

For we pay a price for everything we get or take in this world, and, although ambitions are well worth having, they are not to be cheaply won.

任何世间所取，必付出代价，雄心虽值得拥有，却非廉价之物