The important question is not, what will yield to man a few scattered pleasures, but what will render his life happy on the whole amount.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

重要的问题不是,什么能使人获得一些分散的快乐,而是什么能使他的生活总体上幸福。

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I've never tried to find my real parents. I'm very grateful to my mum and dad for adopting me - they're completely incredible people. It was my dad who encouraged me to question everything, to forge my own path, to think, to read. I always felt it was my right to question everything.

我从未试着找到我真正的父母。我非常感谢我的父母收养了我——他们是非常了不起的人。是我的父亲鼓励我去质疑一切,去开拓自己的道路,去思考,去阅读。我总是觉得我有权质疑一切。

I still love to walk in the mountains or be on the sea. I like to be in nature. Sometimes I bicycle. It's important to feel good with your body. The body is extremely important. If you feel good, you have more energy in your singing.

我仍然喜欢在山上散步或在海上。我喜欢亲近大自然。有时我的自行车。身体感觉良好很重要。身体非常重要。如果你感觉很好,你就有更多的精力在唱歌。

Let's face it. Umpiring is not an easy or happy way to make a living. In the abuse they suffer, and the pay they get for it, you see an imbalance that can only be explained by their need to stay close to a game they can't resist.

让我们面对现实吧。当裁判并不是一种简单快乐的谋生方式。在他们所遭受的虐待,以及他们所得到的报酬中,你可以看到一种不平衡,而这种不平衡只能用他们需要接近自己无法抗拒的游戏来解释。

This hearing came about very quickly. I do have a few preliminary comments, but I suspect you're more interested in asking questions, and I'll be happy to respond to those questions to the best of my ability.

听证会很快就开始了。我有一些初步的意见,但我怀疑你对提问更感兴趣,我很乐意尽我所能回答这些问题。

This was Shakespeare's form; who walked in every path of human life, felt every passion; and to all mankind doth now, will ever, that experience yield which his own genius only could acquire.

这就是莎士比亚的形式;谁走在人生的每一条道路上,感受着每一份激情;对于全人类来说,只有他自己的天才才能获得的经验,现在才会有,将来也永远会有。

Mysterious love, uncertain treasure, hast thou more of pain or pleasure! Endless torments dwell about thee: Yet who would live, and live without thee!

神秘的爱,不确定的宝藏,你有更多的痛苦或快乐!有无穷无尽的痛苦围绕着你;然而,没有你,谁还会活着!

Nothing that was worthy in the past departs; no truth or goodness realized by man ever dies, or can die.

过去有价值的东西都不离开;人所认识的善,或善,是会死的,或能死的。

All this fuss about sleeping together. For physical pleasure I'd sooner go to my dentist any day.

所有这些关于睡在一起的小题大做。为了身体上的快乐,我宁愿每天去看牙医。

More important than the quest for certainty is the quest for clarity.

比追求确定性更重要的是追求清晰。

Effective management always means asking the right question.

有效的管理总是意味着提出正确的问题。

A man is bound by his word, an ox with a hempen cord.

人是被自己的话约束的,牛是用麻绳拴着的。