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Among thousands of people, you meet those you've met. Through thousands ofyears, with the boundlessness of time, you happen to meet them, neither earlier nor abit too late.
There is someone that is coming or passing away in your life around the clock, soyou may lose sight of those seen, and forget those remembered. There is gain and lossin your life, so you may catch sight of those unseen, and remember those forgotten.Nevertheless, doesn't the unseen exist for sure? Will the remembered remain forever?
3、世上的姑娘总以为自己是骄傲的公主(除了少数极丑和少数极聪明的姑娘例外)。
Girls always look on themselves as proud princesses, with the exception of asmall number of either extremely ugly or exceedingly smart ones.
Happiness is accompanied by sorrow, and it would turn sunny after rain as well.If rain remains after rain and sorrow remains after sorrow, please take thosefarewells easy, and turn to smilingly look for yourself who is never to appear.
I wouldn't care success or failure, for I will only struggle ahead as long as Ihave been destined to the distance. I wouldn't care the difficulties around, forwhat I can leave on the earth is only their view of my back since I have beenmarching toward the orizontal.
Some may be wicked, and some may be despicable. Only when I put myself in theirposition did I know they are more miserable than I. So forgive all that you have met,no matter what kind of persons they are.