There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.

There is only one real sin and that is to persuade oneself that the second best is anything but second best.

只有一种真正的罪，那就是说服自己，次等的东西绝不是次等的。

-- Doris Lessing 多丽丝·莱辛