Justine 淑女的眼泪 Chapter 45

"Feeble Phoebus stuff, Therese," Saint-Florent smiled; "the character of man's enjoyment ¹ is determined ² by the kind of organs he has received from Nature; a weak individual's, and hence every woman's, incline in the direction of procuring ³ moral ecstasies ⁴ which are more keenly felt than any other by these persons whose physical constitution happens to be entirely ⁵ devoid ⁶ of energy; quite the opposite is the case for vigorous spirits who are far more delighted by powerful shocks imparted to what surround them than they would be by the delicate impressions the feeble creatures by whom they are surrounded inevitably ⁷ prefer, as befits their constitution; similarly the vigorous spirits delight more in what affects others painfully than in what affects them agreeably: such is the only difference between the cruel and the meek ⁸; both groups are endowed with sensibility, but each is endowed with it in a special manner. I do not deny that each class knows its pleasures, but I, together with a host of philosophers, maintain of course that those of the individual constructed in the more vigorous fashion are incontestably more lively than all his adversary's; and, these axioms established, there may and there must be men of one sort who take as much joy in everything cruelty suggests, as the other category of persons tastes delight in benevolence ⁹; but the pleasures of the latter will be mild, those of the former keen and strong: these will be the most sure, the most reliable, and doubtless the most authentic ¹⁰, since they characterize the penchants of every man who is still a creature of Nature, and indeed of all children before they have fallen under the sway of civilization; the others will merely be the eff civilization and, consequently, of deceiving and vapid ¹¹ delights. Well, my child, since we are met not so much in order to philosophize as to conclude a bargain, be so kind as to give me your final decision... do you or do you not accept the post I propose to you ?", ,"I very decidedly reject it, Monsieur," I replied, getting to my feet, "... indeed I am poor... oh yes! very poor, Monsieur; but richer in my heart's sentiments than I could be in all fortune's blessings ¹³; never will I sacrifice the one in order to possess the other; I may die in indigence ¹⁴, but I will not betray Virtue ¹⁵.", ,"Get out," the detestable man said to me, "and, above all, should I have anything to fear from your indiscretion, you will be promptly ¹⁶ conveyed to a place where I need dread ¹⁷ it no longer.", , ,"No Monsieur, no," I replied firmly, "no, I repeat, I would rather perish a thousand times over than preserve my life at that price.", ,"And as for myself," Saint-Florent rejoined, "there is in the same way nothing I would not prefer to the chagrin ²² of disbursing ²³ unearned money: despite the refusal you have the insolence ²⁴ to give me, I should relish ²⁵ passing another fifteen minutes in your company; and so if you please, we will move into my boudoir and a few moments of obedience ²⁶ will go far to straighten out your pecuniary ²⁷ difficulties.", ,After each joke the old man cackled his enjoyment.每逢讲完一个笑话
，这老人就呵呵笑着表示他的高兴
。,I have determined on going to Tibet after graduation.我已决定毕业后去西藏。