* is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.
凡是有錢的單身漢,總想娶位太太,這已經成了一條舉世公認的真理。
*ion is desirable, money is absolutely indispensable.
愛情至關重要,金錢同樣必不可少。
* relates more to our opinion of ourselves, vanity to what we would have others think of us.
驕傲多半干涉我們自己怎樣看待自己,而虛榮則干涉我們想別人怎樣看待我們。
* can be caused by someone being just weak and indecisive.
一個人僅僅因為軟弱無能或優柔寡斷就完全招致痛苦。
*d modest often is nonsense, sometimes just is the beat around the bush boast.
假裝謙虛往往就是信口開河,有時候簡直是拐彎抹角的自夸。
6。
One cannot know what a man really is by the end of a fortnight. But if we do not venture, somebody else will.
跟一個人相處了兩個星期,不可能就此了解他究竟是怎樣一個人。
不過,要是我們不去嘗試嘗試,別人可少不了要嘗試的。
7、I would wish not to be hasty in censuring any one; but I always speak what I think.
我倒希望不要輕易責難一個人,可是我一向都是想到什么就說什么。
8、But if a woman is partial to a man, and does not endeavour to conceal it, he must find it out.
假如一個女人愛上了一個男人,只要女方不故意瞞住男方,男方一定會看得出的。
9、But to be so easily seen through I am afraid is pitiful.
不過,這么容易被人看透,那恐怕也是件可憐的事吧。
10. It does not necessarily follow that a deep, intricate character is more or less estimable than such a one as yours.
一個深沉復雜的人,未必比你這樣的人更難叫人捉摸。
11、To yield without conviction is no compliment to the understanding of either.
如果不問是非,隨隨便便就聽從,恐怕對于兩個人全不能算是一種恭維吧。
12、Perhaps that is not possible for any one. But it has been the study of my life to avoid those weaknesses which often expose a strong understanding to * as vanity and pride.
或許誰都還會有這些弱點,否則可真糟了,絕頂的聰慧也要招人嘲笑了。
我一生都在研究該怎么樣避免這些弱點。
例如虛榮和傲慢就是屬于這一類弱點。
13、 My good opinion once lost is lost for ever.
我對于某個人一旦沒有了好感,就永遠沒有好感。
14、There is, I believe, in every disposition a tendency to some particular evil, a natural defect, which not even the best education can overcome.
我,相信一個人不管是怎樣的脾氣,都免不了有某種短處,這是一種天生的缺陷,即使受教育受得再好,也還是克服不了。
15、And your defect is a propensity to hate every body.
對什么人都感到厭惡,這就是你的缺陷。
16、In such cases as these, I believe the established mode is to express a sense of obligation. But I cannot.I have never desired your good opinion。
and you have certainly bestowed it most unwillingly. I'm sorry to cause pain to anyone, but it was unconsciously done,
我相信碰上像這種情形,一般人都會表示感激 但我無法這么做 。
我從來不曾渴求你的看重 而你這么做是心不甘情不愿 ,我很遺憾造成別人的痛苦 但我完全是無心的,也希望很快會煙消云散。