第99章 对自己诚实

What an odd thing a diary is: the things you omit are more important than those you put in.

—The Woman Destroyed， Ideologist， Simone de Beauvoir

日记是多么奇怪呀：被你遗漏的事情总是比你记录的事情更加重要。

——《破碎的女人》西蒙娜·德·波伏娃，思想家

词汇

odd adj.奇怪的

omit v.（主动地）省去

句式

A is more important than B.

A比B重要。

拓展

When one is in love， one always begins by deceiving one's self， and one always ends by deceiving others. That is what the world calls a romance.

一个人恋爱的时候总是以自欺欺人开始，而以欺骗别人告终。这就是世人口中的浪漫。

——奥斯卡·王尔德

The nature of life is change and the nature of people is to resist change.

生活的本质是变化，而人的本性是抗拒变化。

——《也许你该找个人聊聊》洛莉·戈特利布，作家

deception n.欺骗

self-deception自欺欺人

self-honesty对自己诚实

self-blame自责