It's a long way from London, but I've made enough money to please myself, these days.

尽管离伦敦很远，但我现在挣的钱足够供自己消遣。

Beth must think I'm going to please myself, as I am, for I can't talk about Laurie to her.

贝丝一定认为我会取悦自己，因为我不能和她谈论劳里。

But he's set, and I've got to do just as he did, unless I break away and please myself, as my father did.

但他已经下定决心了，我必须像他那样做，除非我像我父亲那样挣脱出来取悦自己。

I sometimes please myself with noticing that three of the greatest periods of English literature coincide with the reigns of the three English queens.

有时我很高兴自己注意到英国文学最伟大的三个时期恰逢三位英国女王的统治时期。

Therefore, I have always written to please myself, not to please a certain type of audience, because you can't know the audience as well as you know yourself.

因此，我总是写故事来取悦自己，而不是取悦某类观众，因为你不能像了解自己一样了解观众。

30 By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

30 我凭着自己不能作甚么．我怎么听见、就怎么审判．我的审判也是公平的．因为我不求自己的意思、只求那差我来者的意思。

By myself I can do nothing; I judge only as I hear, and my judgment is just, for I seek not to please myself but him who sent me.

" 我凭着自己不能作什么，我怎么听见，就怎么审判。我的审判也是公平的，因为我不求自己的意思，只求那差我来者的意思。"

So to sum it up, I have always tried to please myself, not other people, and somehow, it seems to have worked because I guess I'm not that different than other people.

总而言之，我总是试图取悦自己，而不是其他人，不知怎么的，这好像很有用，因为我觉得我和其他人没什么太大不同。