An anxious unrest, a fierce craving desire for gain has taken possession of the commercial world, and in instances no longer rare the most precious and permanent goods of human life have been madly sacrificed in the interests of momentary enrichment.

  • -- Felix Adler 费利克斯·阿德勒

一种焦虑不安的不安,一种对利益的强烈渴望已经占领了商业界,在某些情况下,人类生活中最宝贵和永久的财富已被疯狂地牺牲,以换取一时的富裕。

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It's very rare that things are true about yourself that are on the Internet. It's just sad sometimes. So you definitely try and stay away from it as much as possible.

在互联网上,很少有关于你自己的事情是真实的。只是有时候很伤心。所以你一定要尽量远离它。

The desire for possession is insatiable, to such a point that it can survive even love itself. To love, therefore, is to sterilize the person one loves.

对拥有的欲望是永不满足的,以至于它可以生存,甚至爱本身。因此,爱,就是让所爱的人绝育。

I almost feel more anxious lately about, 'Here's your opportunity, now you've got to make something of it.'

我最近几乎更担心的是,‘这是你的机会,现在你必须抓住它。’

Riches do not exhilarate us so much with their possession as they torment us with their loss.

财富带给我们的快乐不如拥有它带给我们的快乐,而是失去它带给我们的痛苦。

Of mankind we may say in general they are fickle, hypocritical, and greedy of gain.

我们可以说,一般说来,人类是善变的、虚伪的、贪婪的。

O what is life, if we must hold it thus as wind-blown sparks hold momentary fire?

啊,如果我们必须这样对待生命,就像一阵风吹过的火星能留住瞬间的火焰一样,那么生命又算得了什么呢?

Anger is a momentary madness, so control your passion or it will control you.

愤怒是短暂的疯狂,所以控制你的激情,否则它会控制你。

When a man is no longer anxious to do better than well, he is done for.

当一个人不再急于把事情做得比做好时,他就完蛋了。

It is rare that even a jazz musician finds an individual voice.

即使是爵士音乐家也很难找到自己的声音。