If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

  • -- Xunzi 荀子

如果心所赞同的符合适当的模式,那么即使一个人的欲望很多,它们对良好的秩序又有什么害处呢?

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As I approve of a youth that has something of the old man in him, so I am no less pleased with an old man that has something of the youth. He that follows this rule may be old in body, but can never be so in mind.

正如我赞同一个年轻人身上有一点老人的气质一样,我对一个老人身上有一点年轻人的气质也同样感到高兴。遵守这条规则的人,身体可能会变老,但思想永远不会变老。

The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

通过削减我们的欲望来满足我们的需求,这种坚忍的计划就像当我们想要鞋子的时候砍掉我们的脚一样。

What is a kiss? Why this, as some approve: The sure, sweet cement, glue, and lime of love.

什么是吻?为什么会这样呢?就像一些人赞同的那样:爱的坚定、甜蜜的水泥、胶水和石灰。

I get crazy in a bookstore. It makes my heart beat hard because I want to buy everything.

我在书店里疯了。这让我的心怦怦直跳,因为我想买所有的东西。

No iron can pierce the human heart as chillingly as a full stop placed at the right time.

没有什么铁器能像在适当的时候完全停止跳动那样令人心寒。

Be clear with your desires.

明确你的愿望。