I had not yet learnt how contradictory is human nature;
I did not know how much pose there is in the sincere,
how much baseness in the noble,
nor how much goodness in the reprobate.
那时候我尚未明白任性是多么的悖谬
我还不知道真挚底下埋藏着多少矫揉造作
高贵之后有多少卑鄙无耻
亦不知恶棍无赖心里仍有善良之意。
baseness: n.卑鄙，下贱;
reprobate: n.道德败坏的人，恶棍;