Self knowledge is like lost innocence, however unsettling you find; you can never be un-thought or un-known.

自我认知就像逝去的天真，不管你有多不安；你不可能不去想或是充耳不闻了。

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They suggest there was this golden age of lost innocence.

他们认为这个黄金时代是失真的。

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Like ignorance, lost innocence can be vanishingly hard to recover.

业已失去的纯真与无知，有如梦幻泡影，再无可能失而复得。

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Self knowledge is like lost innocence, however unsettling you find it; it can never be un-thought or un-known.

自我认知就像逝去的童真，不管你有多不安;,你已经无法不去想或是充耳不闻了。

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