In his state of complete powerlessness the individual perceives the time he has left to live as a brief reprieve.

  • -- Theodor W. Adorno 狄奥多·阿多诺

在他完全无能为力的状态下,个人把他剩下的时间看作是一个短暂的缓刑。

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When you get just a complete sense of blackness or void ahead of you, that somehow the future looks an impossible place to be, and the direction you are going seems to have no purpose, there is this word despair which is a very awful thing to feel.

当你感到眼前一片漆黑或空虚,未来似乎是一个不可能的地方,你要去的方向似乎没有目标,有一个词绝望,这是一种非常可怕的感觉。

The creative act lasts but a brief moment, a lightning instant of give-and-take, just long enough for you to level the camera and to trap the fleeting prey in your little box.

这种创造性的行为只持续了很短的一段时间,就像闪电一样的给予和接受,这段时间刚好够你把相机调平,把稍纵即逝的猎物困在你的小盒子里。

The obligation of subjects to the sovereign is understood to last as long, and no longer, than the power lasteth by which he is able to protect them.

臣民对君主的义务被理解为与他能够保护他们的权力一样长久,而且不再长久。

I don't think I've ever seen a person having a serious conversation on a cellphone. It's like a kiddie thing, a complete time waster.

我想我从来没有见过一个人用手机进行严肃的交谈。就像小孩子一样,完全是在浪费时间。

I was in my thirteenth year when I heard a voice from God to help me govern my conduct. And the first time I was very much afraid.

当我十三岁的时候,我听到上帝的声音帮助我管理我的行为。第一次我非常害怕。

The best that an individual can do is to concentrate on what he or she can do, in the course of a burning effort to do it better.

一个人能做的最好的事情就是集中精力做他或她能做的,在一个燃烧的努力过程中做得更好。

I think anytime you can affect people in general, in a positive way, then you're a lucky individual.

我认为,只要你能以一种积极的方式影响人们,那么你就是一个幸运的人。

Marriage is the most natural state of man, and... the state in which you will find solid happiness.

婚姻是男人最自然的状态,而……你将在其中找到实实在在的幸福。

I strive to be brief, and I become obscure.

我力求简洁,却变得晦涩难懂。

Greetings are the patron gods of our time.

问候是我们这个时代的保护神。