The world is full of people whose notion of a satisfactory future is, in fact, a return to the idealised past.
世界上充满了这样的人，他们对满意未来的概念实际上是对理想化过去的回归。
The past is a kind of future that has already happened.
Economic progress depends on both new ideas and better implementation.
我总是试图在我描绘的角色中找到真相。
You are too generous to trifle with me. If your feelings are still what they were last April, tell me so at once. My affections and wishes are unchanged, but one word from you will silence me on this subject forever.
