The Moon and Sixpence摘抄

I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature;

I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere,

how much baseness in the noble,

nor how much goodness in the reprobate.

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那时候我尚未明白任性是多么的悖谬

我还不知道真挚底下埋藏着多少矫揉造作

高贵之后有多少卑鄙无耻

亦不知恶棍无赖心里仍有善良之意。

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baseness: n.卑鄙，下贱;

reprobate: n.道德败坏的人，恶棍;