Better a thousand times that he should pass into utter nothingness than that he should live and be the Gadfly—the Gadfly, with his faultless neckties and his doubtful witticisms, his bitter tongue and his ballet girl!
一千倍地,他应该完全虚无,不是他应该活着并成为牛虻——牛虻,有着完美的领带和令人怀疑的俏皮话,他的尖酸刻薄的舌头和他的芭蕾舞女郎!