A person should never try to purchase pleasure at the cost of pain, or even at the risk of incurring it.

一个人永远也不要以痛苦为代价，甚至以导致痛苦为代价，去购买快乐。

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But the whole world stills to listen, and God in His heaven smiles. For the best is only brought at the cost of great pain... or so says the legend.

然而整个世界都在屏息聆听，就连天国里的上帝也开颜欢笑，只有忍受极大的痛苦，才能达到尽善的境界…也许传说就是这样。

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The best is only brought at the cost of great pain.

最美好的事物只能用深创巨痛来换取。

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Like many governments across Europe that have been scarred by the bond market turmoil that forced Greece and four other countries to need rescue loans, Britain is focusing on reducing debt quickly, even at the cost of short-term economic pain.

NPR: UK In Dark Mood As New Recession May Be Confirmed

By keeping the worst in business, they avoided the pain of closures, but at the cost of condemning better banks to meagre profits for years.

ECONOMIST: Situation normal | The

It mitigated the pain and hunger of poverty, but often at the cost of undermining the self-esteem, aspirations and work of low-income people.

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