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In our rich consumers' civilization we spin cocoons around ourselves and get possessed by our possessions.
在我们富裕的消费文明中，我们为自己做茧，为自己的财产所占有。
— Max Lerner 马克斯·勒纳
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更多好句 ↗Let us fix our attention out of ourselves as much as possible; let us chase our imagination to the heavens, or to the utmost limits of the universe; we never really advance a step beyond ourselves, nor can conceive any kind of existence, but those perceptions, which have appeared in that narrow compass.
让我们尽可能把注意力从自己身上移开;让我们把我们的想象力推向天空，或者宇宙的极限;我们从来没有真正超越自己一步，也不能设想任何一种存在，除了那些已经出现在那个狭窄的范围内的知觉。
David Hume
大卫·休谟
As soon as any art is pursued with a view to money, then farewell, in ninety-nine cases out of a hundred, all hope of genuine good work.
一旦艺术追求以金钱为目的，那么在百分之九十九的情况下，就别指望有真正的好作品了。
Samuel Butler
塞缪尔·巴特勒
The cat, it is well to remember, remains the friend of man because it pleases him to do so and not because he must.
记住，猫仍然是人类的朋友，因为它喜欢这样做，而不是因为它必须这样做。
Carl Van Vechten
克滕
It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.
没有必要想象世界在火或冰中毁灭。还有另外两种可能性:一种是文书工作，另一种是怀旧。
Frank Zappa
弗兰克·扎帕
No human being can really understand another, and no one can arrange another's happiness.
没有人能真正理解别人，也没有人能安排别人的幸福。
Graham Greene
格雷厄姆·格林
Health, wealth, reputation, and status are all mere ingredients of happiness. The key to true well-being is being able to manage them capably.
健康、财富、名誉和地位都只是幸福的组成部分。真正幸福的关键是能够有效地管理它们。
Kentetsu Takamori
高崎康泰