Then we had infallible, which means never failing.

接下来我们说到了万无一失的，意思是永不失败。

To acknowledge a pattern of repeatedly breaking, of in fact never failing to break, would have meant acknowledging our powerlessness, admitting we could never act righteously.

承认一个不断打破的模式，事实上是永远不会打破的模式，就意味着承认我们的无能为力，承认我们永远不可能正直地行事。

Which, never failing to revert to his kind friends, and the opinion they must long ago have formed of him, were sad indeed.

这一点，总是让他的好朋友们想起，他们很久以前就对他形成的看法，确实令人难过。