What a wretched life they lived in the workhouse!

他们住在济贫院里，过的生活真悲惨！

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He knows how wretched it is spending your working life trying to get people to do things they don't want to do and bearing responsibility for things that you can't change.

他明白，那是多么不幸的一件事，在工作时试图让其他人做内心不喜欢的事情，还要为那些自己无法改变的事情承担责任。

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I have read all that the wise men have written, and all the secrets of philosophy are mine, yet for want of a red rose is my life made wretched.

我读过许多聪明人的文章，那些神秘的哲理塞满我的大脑，可是，找不到一朵红玫瑰却让自己的生活这样凄凉。

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