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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We were always around my dad, so he wasn't absentee at all. I don't think it was normal, but it was exciting. You always had lots of creative people around, and my parents took us everywhere.

我们总是在爸爸身边,所以他没有缺席。我不认为这是正常的,但它是令人兴奋的。你身边总是有很多有创造力的人,我父母带我们去任何地方。

True wisdom is less presuming than folly. The wise man doubteth often, and changeth his mind; the fool is obstinate, and doubteth not; he knoweth all things but his own ignorance.

真正的智慧与其说是自以为是,不如说是愚蠢。智慧人屡次疑惑,就改变心意。愚妄人固执,不疑惑。除了自己的无知,他什么都知道。

Vanity is a vital aid to nature: completely and absolutely necessary to life. It is one of nature's ways to bind you to the earth.

虚荣心对自然是一种重要的帮助:对生命来说是完全和绝对必要的。这是大自然将你与地球联系在一起的方式之一。

A pretty wife is something for the fastidious vanity of a rougue to retire upon.

一个漂亮的妻子,对于一个爱挑剔虚荣的乡巴佬来说,是靠得住的。

Ignorance of the law excuses no man from practicing it.

不懂法律不能成为任何人不遵守法律的借口。