It is a commonplace, that we cannot answer for ourselves before we have been tried. But it is not so common a reflection, and surely more consoling, that we usually find ourselves a great deal braver and better than we thought.

未经考验，谁也不能保证自己会怎样，这是老生常谈。但还有一种不那么常被提起、却更令人宽慰的想法：我们通常会发现，自己比想象中勇敢得多，也好得多。