Decency must be an even more exhausting state to maintain than its opposite. Those who succeed seem to need a stupefying amount of sleep.

-- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

体面必须是一种比它的反面更令人筋疲力尽的状态来维持。那些成功的人似乎需要充足的睡眠。

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The person who tries to live alone will not succeed as a human being. His heart withers if it does not answer another heart. His mind shrinks away if he hears only the echoes of his own thoughts and finds no other inspiration.

试图独自生活的人是不会成功的。他的心若不回答别人的心，就必枯干。如果他只听到自己思想的回声而没有发现其他灵感，他的大脑就会萎缩。

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Achievements on the golf course are not what matters, decency and honesty are what matter.

在高尔夫球场上取得的成就并不重要，重要的是正直和诚实。

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You have to believe in yourself, that you're gonna succeed.

你必须相信自己，你会成功的。

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Now that I'm over sixty I'm veering toward respectability.

现在我已经六十多岁了，我开始追求体面了。

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Don't overestimate the decency of the human race.

不要高估人类的尊严。

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