More than forgetting, perhaps what he fears is that he will be denied access-that the little box will one day recognize him behind his thick and convincing beard, will decide he has no right of entry.

比起忘记密码，他更害怕的也许是哪天就不让他进了——这小信箱总有一天会透过他那茂密的令人信服的胡须认出他来，宣布他无权进入。

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But what we forget—what our economy depends on us forgetting—is that happiness is more than pleasure without pain.

但我们忘记的——以及我们的经济也依赖于我们忘记的——即幸福不仅仅是没有痛苦的快乐。

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As you may well have gleaned from your reading, the first books of the poem are particularly absorbed with the idea of forgetting, because more than any other part of Paradise Lost they display so ostentatiously the remarkable scope of Milton's own memory.

可能你们从阅读中也已经得知，这部诗的第一册,尤其表现了“遗忘“这一理念，因为相对于《失乐园》的其他部分,它们如此夸耀地展示了,弥尔顿自身记忆范围的宽广。

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