What we lose in generous impulse, we more than gain in the habit of generously watching others; and the capacity to enjoy Shakespeare may balance a lost aptitude for playing at soldiers.

我们虽然失去了一些慷慨的冲动，却养成了更宽厚地关注他人的习惯，所得远超所失；而欣赏莎士比亚的能力，也许足以补偿不再擅长扮演士兵的遗憾。