My life would've gone better had I chosen to become a farmer instead of chosen to become a doctor.

我的生活本来会变得更好,如果我选择成为农民而不是医生的话。

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And when that turns negative, it's a blow.

当回应变得消极时，就会成为一个打击。

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This makes it difficult you could say and this is Aristotle's point I think this makes it difficult for the philosopher to be a good citizen of any actual regime.

可以这么说，这让它变得很难搞,而这也是亚里士多德的重点,我认为这让哲学家很难成为好公民,无论身处那一种现行政体中。

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He would be quite famous in his line of work. Whether Magda was his wife or not, one evening when he was wise-lined and gray at the temples he'd smile gravely, at a fashionable dinner party, and remind her of his youthful passion.

他会在他的行业中变得相当有名，不管Magda是否,成为他的妻子，等他有了智慧的皱纹，两鬓斑白了,他会有天晚上在一次上流社会的晚宴上，庄重地微微一笑,对她提起自己少年时代的钟情。

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