介绍： Seven Times Have I Despised My Soul

Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth tim...

介绍： Seven Times Have I Despised My Soul

Kahlil Gibran (1883 - 1931)

The first time when I saw her being meek that she might attain height.
The second time when I saw her limping before the crippled.
The third time when she was given to choose between the hard and the easy, and she chose the easy.
The fourth time when she committed a wrong, and comforted herself that others also commit wrong.
The fifth time when she forbore for weakness, and attributed her patience to strength.
The sixth time when she despised the ugliness of a face, and knew not that it was one of her own masks.
And the seventh time when she sang a song of praise, and deemed it a virtue.

我曾七次鄙视自己的灵魂

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第一次，当我见她在可以登高之时，却现出软弱。
第二次，当我见她在断腿者的面前，假装也跛足而行。
第三次，当她面对选择时，挑选了安逸而不是艰苦。
第四次，当她有了过犯，而用他人同样的过犯来安慰自己。
第五次，当她将自己软弱的畏缩称为强大的坚忍。
第六次，当她鄙视一张丑陋的面孔，却不知那正是她自己的嘴脸。
第七次，当她向神唱着赞美诗，并以为那就是美德。

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