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A woman is like a tea bag, you can’t
tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.
(女人如同茶包,你從未得知它有多濃郁,直到把它置於熱水中)
這是我喜歡的一段名言,語出小羅斯福總統夫人Eleanor Roosevelt,她在小羅斯福總統於1945年二戰期間過世後仍然堅毅不拔,做公益,獎勵後進,她另一句名言”Do what you feel in your heart to be right, for you will be
criticized anyway. (只要你心中認為對的事做就對了,不必太管別人,因為總是有人批評你)
第一句名言的中文直譯無法傳神,因老外喝茶習慣大體上是用tea bag(當然還是有少數內行人用tea leaves),但其實Eleanor Roosevelt所要強調的是在hot water,這是雙關語,是為”逆境”。在逆境中才現堅韌與優雅,如同茶香也是在沖泡後才能慢慢感受。
https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/eleanor_roosevelt_127143
https://www.goodreads.com/quotes/8866489-do-what-you-feel-in-your-heart-to-be-right#:~:text=and%20meet%20your%20next%20favorite%20book!&text=Sign%20Up%20Now-,Do%20what%20you%20feel%20in%20your%20heart%20to%20be%20right,damned%20if%20you%20don't.