The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

清教徒憎恨熊的引诱,不是因为它给熊带来痛苦,而是因为它给观众带来快乐。

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I have been able to tap into all the negative things that can happen to me throughout my life by numbing myself to the pain so to speak and kind of being able to vent it through my music.

我能够通过麻木自己的痛苦来挖掘我一生中可能发生的所有负面的事情,可以说,我能够通过我的音乐来发泄。

It's the hardest thing in the world to go on being aware of someone else's pain.

继续意识到别人的痛苦是世界上最难的事情。

Everyone ought to bear patiently the results of his own conduct.

每个人都应该耐心地承受自己行为的结果。

Some loves are like a vice that has ceased to give pleasure.

有些爱就像一种恶习,不再给人带来快乐。

Bear the Cross cheerfully and it will bear you.

愉快地背起十字架,它就会背起你。

Novelty is the great parent of pleasure.

新奇是快乐之源。