To a man of pleasure every moment appears to be lost, which partakes not of the vivacity of amusement.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

对于一个寻欢作乐的人来说,他的每一分每一秒似乎都在虚度,因为他并不享受其中的快乐。

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Force is as pitiless to the man who possesses it, or thinks he does, as it is to its victims; the second it crushes, the first it intoxicates. The truth is, nobody really possesses it.

武力对于拥有它的人,或者自认为拥有它的人,就像对于它的牺牲者一样,是无情的;第二次被它碾碎,第一次被它陶醉。事实上,没有人真正拥有它。

It's a vast, lonely, forbidding expanse of nothing rather like clouds and clouds of pumice stone. And it certainly does not appear to be a very inviting place to live or work.

这是一片广阔的、孤独的、令人生畏的区域,没有什么东西像云彩和浮石云一样。当然,它也不是一个非常适合居住或工作的地方。

A man may not always be what he appears to be, but what he appears to be is always a significant part of what he is.

一个人可能并不总是他看起来的样子,但他看起来的样子总是他的重要组成部分。

I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

我宁愿为穷人的教育,甚至是为穷人的娱乐而写作,也不愿为富人的娱乐而写作。

If you love someone you say it, you say it right then, out loud. Other wise the moment just passes you by

如果你爱一个人,你就说出来,然后大声说出来。否则,这一刻就会从你身边溜走

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

让我们读书,让我们跳舞;这两种娱乐方式对世界是无害的。

Grief walks upon the heels of pleasure; married in haste, we repent at leisure.

悲伤紧随快乐而来;草率结婚,后悔莫及。

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.

从无用的知识中获得许多乐趣。

I like films that have a kind of vivacity about them.

我喜欢有活力的电影。

I don't know a man on this Earth who can outwork me.

我不知道这个世界上还有谁能比我工作得更努力。