It is not true that suffering ennobles the character; happiness does that sometimes, but suffering, for the most part, makes men petty and vindictive. 苦难并不能铸就高贵的品格，反倒是幸福有时能做到这一点。而大多数情况下，苦难只会使人狭隘卑劣，心怀怨愤。