The happiness of a man in this life does not consist in the absence but in the mastery of his passions.

  • -- Alfred, Lord Tennyson 阿尔弗雷德,丁尼生勋爵

人生的幸福不在于不在,而在于把握自己的激情。

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It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

缺席者需要时间才能在我们的思想中呈现出他们真实的形象。死后,他们有一个更坚定的轮廓,然后停止改变。

Reality is not what it is. It consists of the many realities which it can be made into.

事实并非如此。它由许多现实组成,这些现实是可以被制造出来的。

Virtue consists, not in abstaining from vice, but in not desiring it.

美德不在于戒除恶习,而在于不渴求恶习。