Sadness usually results from one of the following causes either when a man does not succeed, or is ashamed of his success.

  • -- Seneca the Younger 塞内卡

当一个人没有成功,或者为自己的成功感到羞愧时,悲伤通常是由以下原因之一引起的。

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I've written several deeply personal songs this year, which I really love. Some of them came out of intense sadness. This has been an extremely difficult year for me.

今年我写了几首非常私人的歌,我真的很喜欢。他们中的一些人是出于强烈的悲伤。对我来说,这是极其艰难的一年。

When humor can be made to alternate with melancholy, one has a success, but when the same things are funny and melancholic at the same time, it's just wonderful.

当幽默可以和忧郁交替时,一个人就成功了,但当同样的事情同时有趣和忧郁时,那就太好了。

But the age of chivalry is gone. That of sophisters, economists, and calculators, has succeeded; and the glory of Europe is extinguished for ever.

但是骑士精神的时代已经过去了。诡辩家、经济学家和计算器的成功;欧洲的荣耀将永远熄灭。

If all you're trying to do is essentially the same thing as your rivals, then it's unlikely that you'll be very successful.

如果你和你的竞争对手做的事情本质上是一样的,那么你不太可能非常成功。

It's the poignancy and sadness in things that gets to me.

是事物中的辛酸和悲伤让我感到难过。

If you would succeed, you must not be too good.

如果你想成功,你一定不能做得太好。