The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

-- H. L. Mencken 门肯

所有愚蠢行为中，代价最大的是狂热地相信明显不真实的东西。它是人类的主要职业。

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To live for a principle, for the triumph of some reform by which all mankind are to be lifted up to be wedded to an idea may be, after all, the holiest and happiest of marriages.

为原则而活，为某些改革的胜利而活，通过这些改革，全人类都将被提升到与一种理念结合起来，这也许毕竟是最神圣、最幸福的婚姻。

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Little men with little minds and little imaginations go through life in little ruts, smugly resisting all changes which would jar their little worlds.

心胸狭窄、缺乏想象力的小个子男人过着循规蹈矩的生活，沾沾自喜地抵制一切可能会扰乱他们的小天地的变化。

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My dreams are all follies.

我的梦想都是愚蠢的。

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