If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.

If I am to meet with a disappointment, the sooner I know it, the more of life I shall have to wear it off.

如果我遇到失望，我越早认识到它，我就得把它消磨得越久。

-- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊