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Pride and Prejudice

It is a truth universally acknowledged.

一个讽刺的开篇。

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Beware; for I am fearless, and therefore powerful.

The creature declares his power born from isolation, warning Victor that rejection has consequences.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

I ought to be thy Adam; but I am rather the fallen angel.

The creature compares himself to Adam, denied paradise by his creator's abandonment.

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Frankenstein; or, the modern prometheus

Nothing is so painful to the human mind as a great and sudden change.

Victor's reflection on how rapidly his happiness transformed into despair upon seeing his creation.

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Meditations

Thus the most religious of emperors came of the blood of the most pious of early kings.

确立了马可·奥勒留的血统与其精神声誉之间的联系。

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Meditations

Acts of "rightness" or "straightness."

从希腊语词汇'katorqwseiz'衍生出的道德行为定义。

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Meditations

paltry breath bearing up corpses

对肉体与生命力对比的诗意描述。