The gods had condemned Sisyphus to ceaselessly rolling a rock to the top of a mountain, whence the stone would fall back of its own weight. They had thought with some reason that there is no more dreadful punishment than futile and hopeless labor.

  • -- Albert Camus 阿尔伯特·加缪

西西弗斯被神罚不停地把一块石头滚到山顶,石头就会从山顶上掉下来。出于某种原因,他们认为没有什么比徒劳无功、毫无希望的劳动更可怕的惩罚了。

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Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

除尘就是一个很好的例子,说明试图把事情做好是徒劳的。一旦你掸去灰尘,你下一次掸灰的事实就已经确定了。

Pigs may whistle, but they hae an ill mouth for 't.

猪会吹口哨,但它的嘴却不好使。