Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent.

Time has a way of demonstrating that the most stubborn are the most intelligent

Translation is like a woman. If it is beautiful, it is not faithful. If it is faithful, it is most certainly not beautiful.

How can the confessor teach/ those who are lost and sick at heart,/ when he himself, among the sinners,/ is worst, and most forsaken?/ It is only a game we play/ with other people's sins./ Besides, everyone knows/ that everyone lies confessing.

Мне говорят, качая головой:
"Ты подобрел бы. Ты какой-то злой".

Я добрый был. Недолго это было.

They tell me, shaking their heads:
"You should be kinder. You are somehow furious".

I used to be kind. It didn’t last long.