NATALIE: I do beg you to break yourself of one detestable habit; do not follow the example of those widows who never stop talking about their first husbands and who are forever throwing in the face of the second the virtues of the dear departed...
Honore De Balzac, The Lily of the Valley
Xin hay trut bo cai thoi dang ghet, dung bat chuoc nhung ba qua phu luon luon noi den nguoi chong dau tien cua ho; ho nem vao mat nguoi chong sau nhung duc tinh tot cua ong chong qua co.
....You ask me to love you out of Christian charity. There are, I confess, an infinite number of things I can do out of charity, everything, in fact, save making love.
You are sometimes bored--and boring, and you term your sadness melancholy. Good! But you are insufferable and you cause distress to the one who loves you....
Honore De Balzac, The Lily of the Valle
Ban yeu cau toi yeu ban voi long tu thien cua dao Gia To. Toi co the lam mot mo viec voi long tu thien tru tinh yeu.
Ban doi khi lam cho nguoi ta chan nan, va ban than ban cung chan chuong, ban goi cai buon cua ban la moi buon mo mang, cung duoc thoi, nhung ban kho chiu khong ai chiu dung duoc, va ban dem cho nguoi phu nu yeu ban nhung lo au ac nghiet.
....Do you know anything about women at all? They are what they are, they have the defects of their qualities...
I think my friends, that you must marry some Mrs. Shandy who will know nothing of love nor its passions, who will not bother her head about Lady Dudley or Madame de Mortsauf; who will be highly indifferent to those moments of boredom you call melancholy, during which you are as entertaining as rainy Sunday, and who will be the excellent Sister of Mercy whom you demand...Honore De Balzac, The Lily of the Valle
The ra ban khong hieu gi ve phu nu ca. Ho la ho, ho phai co nhung net xau cua nhung tinh tot cua ho. Toi da suy nghi ky ve diem nay. Toi thiet tuong la ban nen lay mot ba Shandy nao do, khong hieu mot chut gi ve tinh yeu, ve dam me, khong ban khoan chut gi ve Lady Dudley cung nhu ve ba Mortsauf, rat than nhien trong nhung luc chan chuong, trong nhung luc ma ban goi la buon mo mang, ma ban cung co ve hay hay nhu la troi mua vay. Nguoi ay se la ba so lam phuoc rat tot ma ban doi hoi.
...As for loving; trembling at a word; knowing how to wait for happiness; how to give it and receive it; how to feel the thousand and one storms of passion; how to espouse the little vanities of the woman whom you love; my dear Count, give up all hope of that...
Honore De Balzac, The Lily of the Valle
Con nhu yeu, rung dong vi mot loi noi, biet cho doi hanh phuc, ban phat hanh phuc va nhan danh hanh phuc, cam thay muon nghin dong co cua tinh yeu va theo nhung cai khoe khoang hanh dien nho cua nguoi phu nu minh yeu, ngai hau tuoc than men oi, xin ngai hay dung voi toi...
...It is too late now to begin your studies, to learn to tell us the things we love to hear, to be great when occasion demands, to adore our triviality when we like to be trivial. We are not so shallow-witted as you think; when we are in love, we put the man of our choice before all else. Whatever shakes our faith in our superiority shakes the foundations of our love. By flattering us, you flatter yourselves. If you are anxious to remain in Society and to enjoy the company of women, take care to hide from them all that you have told me. They care neither to sow the blossoms of their love on rocks nor to waste their caresses in bandaging an ailing heart.
Honore De Balzac, The Lily of the Valle
Bay gio moi hoc thi qua muon roi, qua muon de biet noi voi chung toi nhung dieu chung toi thich nghe, biet lam cho ra lon khi can phai lam ra lon, de biet thich thu say sua nhung cai nho nhat cua chung toi, khi chung toi thich lam ra be nho. Chung toi khong qua ngu dan nhu ban tuong dau. Khi chung toi yeu, chung toi dat nguoi chung toi ua thich len tren tat ca, cai gi lam lung lay niem tin tuong va cai sieu viet cua chung toi cung lam lung lay tinh yeu cua chung toi. Khi chieu ninh chung toi, ban cung chieu ninh ban. Neu ban muon song giua cai xa hoi tao nha, va tim vui thu trong viec giao du voi phu nu, hay giau ho rat ky nhung dieu ban da noi voi toi. Ho khong ua gieo mam hoa tinh yeu cua ho tren nhung tang da, cung nhu khong ua vo ve au yem de bang bo mot trai tim bi thuong.
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