《劝导》 | 时间会说明一切

I hate to hear you talk about all women as if they were fine ladies instead of rational creatures. None of us want to be in calm waters all our lives.

― Jane Austen, Persuasion

我讨厌听你把所有女人都当成娇弱的贵妇，而不是理智的人。我们谁也不愿一辈子都在风平浪静中度过。——简•奥斯汀《劝导》

You pierce my soul. I am half agony, half hope...I have loved none but you.

你刺痛了我的灵魂。我一半是痛苦，一半是希望……除了你，我从未爱过别人。

There could have been no two hearts so open, no tastes so similar, no feelings so in unison.

再不可能有两颗心如此坦诚相见，没有两个人的品味如此相近，没有两个人的感情如此契合。

How quick come the reasons for approving what we like.

对于我们喜欢的东西，赞同的理由总是来得多么快啊。

Time will explain.

时间会说明一切。

Anne hoped she had outlived the age of blushing; but the age of emotion she certainly had not.

安妮本以为自己早已过了容易脸红的年纪；但她显然还没有度过容易动情的年纪。