The consciousness of the falsity of present pleasures, and the ignorance of the vanity of absent pleasures, cause inconstancy.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

意识到眼前快乐的虚假性,以及对缺乏快乐的虚荣心的无知,导致了无常。

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Augustine does not disagree with this when he teaches that it is a faculty of the reason and the will to choose good with the assistance of grace; evil, when grace is absent.

奥古斯丁并不反对这一点,当他教导说,这是一种理性的能力和意志选择好的帮助下的恩典;邪恶,当恩典不在。

I suppose that by being absent from the music business, it appeared that I just dropped out, but really I never did. I was continuously working and doing various things.

我想,由于没有涉足音乐行业,我似乎刚刚退学,但实际上我从未退学。我一直在工作,做各种各样的事情。

Without vanity, without coquetry, without curiosity, in a word, without the fall, woman would not be woman. Much of her grace is in her frailty.

没有虚荣心,没有卖弄风情,没有好奇心,一句话,没有堕落,女人就不会是女人。她的优雅主要在于她的脆弱。

Mystery is but another name for ignorance; if we were omniscient, all would be perfectly plain!

神秘不过是无知的另一种说法;如果我们是无所不知的,一切将是完全清楚的!

The highest form of vanity is love of fame.

虚荣的最高形式是对名誉的爱。

Ignorance is the mother of admiration

无知是钦佩之母