We wish to be self-sustained. We do not quite forgive a giver. The hand that feeds us is in some danger of being bitten.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

我们希望自给自足。我们不会原谅一个给予者。喂我们的手有被咬的危险。

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Life yields only to the conqueror. Never accept what can be gained by giving in. You will be living off stolen goods, and your muscles will atrophy.

生活只向征服者屈服。永远不要接受让步能得到的东西。你将靠偷来的东西生活,你的肌肉会萎缩。

If I am not for myself, who is for me? And if I am only for myself, what am I? If not now, when?

我若不为自己,谁为我呢?如果我只为我自己,我是什么?如果不是现在,什么时候?