The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

-- Jonathan Swift 乔纳森·斯威夫特

通过削减我们的欲望来满足我们的需求，这种坚忍的计划就像当我们想要鞋子的时候砍掉我们的脚一样。

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There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

伤口被刮伤是一种乐趣，但没有伤口更令人愉快。就是这样，在世俗的欲望中也有快乐，但是没有欲望更令人愉快。

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In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole stories around their lives.

在恶劣的天气里，我花了几个小时在纸上画人偶，给它们上色，把它们背在硬纸板上，然后把它们剪下来，围绕着它们的生活创造出完整的故事。

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Almost all our desires, when examined, contain something too shameful to reveal.

几乎我们所有的欲望，当被审视时，都包含着一些羞于启齿的东西。

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