Luxury is an enticing pleasure, a bastard mirth, which hath honey in her mouth, gall in her heart, and a sting in her tail.

  • -- Francis Quarles 夸尔斯

奢侈是一种诱人的快乐,是一种私生子的欢乐,嘴里有蜜,心里有苦,尾巴上有刺。

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Everything that is new or uncommon raises a pleasure in the imagination, because it fills the soul with an agreeable surprise, gratifies its curiosity, and gives it an idea of which it was not before possessed

凡是新奇的或不寻常的东西,都能在想象中引起一种愉快,因为它能使心灵充满一种愉快的惊奇,满足它的好奇心,使它产生一种以前不曾有过的想法

Business is always interfering with pleasure - but it makes other pleasures possible.

工作总是干扰快乐——但它使其他快乐成为可能。

If he was lost for a moment, he would dive straight back into its honey.

如果他迷失了片刻,他会一头扎回蜂蜜里。

A little gall spoils a great deal of honey.

少量的苦胆能坏大量的蜂蜜。