It is quite true, as some poets said, that the God who created man must have had a sinister sense of humor, creating him a reasonable being, yet forcing him to take this ridiculous posture, and driving him with blind craving for this ridiculous performance.

  • -- D. H. Lawrence 劳伦斯

的确,正如一些诗人所说,创造人类的上帝一定有一种阴险的幽默感,创造了一个理性的人,却又强迫他摆出这种可笑的姿态,使他盲目地渴望这种可笑的表现。

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Leibniz dedicated his life to efforts to educate people to understand that true happiness is found by locating their identity in benefitting mankind and their posterity.

莱布尼茨一生致力于教育人们认识到,真正的幸福是通过把自己的身份定位于造福人类和子孙后代。

To resist the frigidity of old age, one must combine the body, the mind, and the heart. And to keep these in parallel vigor one must exercise, study, and love.

要抵抗老年的寒冷,就必须把身体、思想和心灵结合起来。为了保持这些活力,我们必须锻炼、学习和热爱。

Politics can be likened to driving at night over unfamiliar hills and mountains. Close attention must be paid to what the beam can reach and the next bend.

政治可以比作夜间驾车穿越陌生的山丘和山脉。必须密切注意光束能到达什么地方以及下一个弯道。

A man's true character comes out when he's drunk.

一个人喝醉了,他的真性情才会显露出来。