I cannot go to the Opera, because I have forsworn all expense which does not end in pleasing me.

I cannot go to the Opera, because I have forsworn all expense which does not end in pleasing me.

我不能去看歌剧，因为我已经发誓，凡是不能使我高兴的事，我都不花钱。

-- Charles Townshend 查理·汤孙德