The wealth required by nature is limited and is easy to procure; but the wealth required by vain ideals extends to infinity.

  • -- Epicurus 伊壁鸠鲁

自然所需的财富有限,容易获得;但是,虚荣的理想所需要的财富是无限的。

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The most crucial problem with intellectual learning is that it receives the unknown on the grounds of the known.

智力学习最关键的问题是,它以已知为基础接受未知。

When humankind cannot produce a philosopher to speak its mind, it longs for a poet to sing its heart.

当人类无法产生一位哲学家来表达自己的思想时,就会渴望一位诗人来歌唱自己的心灵。