If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.

If life is a punishment, one should wish for an end; if life is a test, one should wish it to be short.

如果生活是一种惩罚，那就希望有个尽头;如果人生是一场考验，那就希望它是短暂的。

-- Bernardin de Saint-Pierre 转述了博那丁