Jealousy lives upon doubts. It becomes madness or ceases entirely as soon as we pass from doubt to certainty.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

嫉妒源于怀疑。一旦我们从怀疑过渡到确定,它就会变成疯狂或完全停止。

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We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

我们害怕这一刻将会结束,我们将得不到我们需要的,我们将失去我们所爱的,或者我们将不再安全。通常,我们最大的恐惧是知道有一天我们的身体会停止运作。所以即使我们被幸福的所有条件所包围,我们的快乐也不是完全的。

Isn't it the moment of most profound doubt that gives birth to new certainties? Perhaps hopelessness is the very soil that nourishes human hope; perhaps one could never find sense in life without first experiencing its absurdity..

难道这不是产生新确定性的最深刻怀疑的时刻吗?也许绝望正是滋养人类希望的土壤;也许一个人如果不首先体验生活的荒谬性,就永远找不到生活的意义。

Ah, what a dusty answer gets the soul when hot for certainties in this our life!

啊,当我们在这一生中急于求成的时候,多么枯燥无味的回答却能使灵魂得到满足!

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

殖民地并不因为独立而停止成为殖民地。