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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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

那些试图用仪式和音乐来阻碍人类的思想，影响慈善和奉献来满足人类思想的人已经失去了他们的本性。

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Man at his birth is content with a little milk and a piece of flannel: so we begin, that presently find kingdoms not enough for us.

人刚出生时，只要一点牛奶和一块法兰绒就心满意足了。所以，我们开始吧，不久就会发现王国对我们是不够的。

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My dreams are all follies.

我的梦想都是愚蠢的。

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