One of the disadvantages of being a patrician is that occasionally you're obliged to act like one.

  • -- Dalton Trumbo 达尔顿·特朗勃

作为一个贵族的缺点之一是,有时你不得不像一个贵族那样行事。

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Our behavior toward each other is the strangest, most unpredictable, and most unaccountable of all the phenomena with which we are obliged to live. In all of nature, there is nothing so threatening to humanity as humanity itself.

在我们不得不生活的所有现象中,我们对彼此的行为是最奇怪、最不可预测、最不可解释的。在自然界中,没有什么比人性本身更能威胁人类。

If you behave normally, people treat you normally. It's only when you act as if you're someone special that they feel obliged to stand on ceremony.

如果你表现正常,人们也会对你正常。只有当你表现得好像你是一个特别的人,他们才会觉得有必要遵守礼节。

Begin thus from the first act, and proceed; and, in conclusion, at the ill which thou hast done, be troubled, and rejoice for the good.

从第一个动作开始,然后继续;最后,为你所做的坏事而烦恼,为好事而高兴。

I would act whether or not I was paid. I would be involved in ensemble groups. I would have the desire to tell stories.

不管有没有工资,我都会采取行动。我会参加合奏团。我会有讲故事的欲望。