People are too durable, that's their main trouble. They can do too much to themselves, they last too long.

  • -- Bertolt Brecht 布莱希特

人太耐久了,这是他们的主要问题。他们可以对自己做太多,他们持续的时间太长。

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Scientific men can hardly escape the charge of ignorance with regard to the precise effect of the impact of modern science upon the mode of living of the people and upon their civilisation.

关于现代科学对人们的生活方式及其文明的影响的确切影响,科学家们很难逃脱无知的指责。

It seems to me that trying to live without friends is like milking a bear to get cream for your morning coffee. It is a whole lot of trouble, and then not worth much after you get it.

在我看来,没有朋友的生活就像为了早上喝咖啡而挤牛奶。这是一大堆麻烦,而且在你得到它之后就不值得了。

I don't think I would be a writer if I had stayed in Chile. I would be trapped in the chores, in the family, in the person that people expected me to be.

如果我留在智利,我想我不会成为一名作家。我将被困在家务琐事中,在家庭中,在人们期望我成为的那个人里。

When trouble comes, it's your family that supports you.

当麻烦来临时,是你的家人支持你。