사일러스 마너(조지 엘리엇) - 29

He felt sure that with Nancy as his wife he would not need to have secrets, and could be open and honest with everybody. But for the moment he had to give Dunstan whatever he wanted, keep Molly happy, and lie to his father and his friends. If he told his father the truth, the situation would become impossible. The Squire would disinherit him and he would be just a poor working man for rest of his life. And far worse than that, he would lose any hope of marrying Nancy. No! He could not accept that. He would find the money for Dunstan, and wait for the situation to get better. Living with fear in his heart, the fear of being discovered, was better than living without Nancy's love.

 

인간의 편리한 사고가 작동하죠. 뭔가 핑계가 있으면 그 핑계를 빌미로 자기 편리한대로 사고하는 게 인간이랍니다. 하지만 그런 편리한 사고 대신 긍정적이면서도 책임을 질 줄 아는 사람이 되는 게 더 크고 훌륭한 사람이 된답니다. 일시적으로는 어렵겠지만 그런 책임감이 강한 사람은 누구든 함께 하고 싶어하거든요. 선생님이 오늘은 조금 지문을 늦게 올렸는데, 이럴 때는 여러분도 저에게 질책을 해야 저도 정신 차리니 "선생님, 왜 지문 안 올리세요!" 하고 한 마디쯤 어딘가에 남겨놓으세요. ㅎㅎㅎ