To them pain and mishap present a far wider range of possibilities than gladness and enjoyment: their imagination is almost barren of the images that feed desire and hope, but is all overgrown by recollections that are a perpetual pasture to fear.

对他们而言，痛苦与不幸的可能远比欢乐与享受丰富；他们的想象中几乎没有滋养渴望与希望的图景，却长满了不断喂养恐惧的回忆。