Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.

Three minutes thought would suffice to find this out; but thought is irksome and three minutes is a long time.

我想只要三分钟就可以把这事弄清楚;但是思想是令人厌烦的，三分钟是一段很长的时间。

-- Alfred Edward Housman 豪斯曼