Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

  • -- Saint Aurelius Augustine 圣奥勒留奥古斯丁

幸福在于满足我们的欲望,而在于我们只有固定的欲望。

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On a regular basis I go over in my mind some of the most troublesome things I see about how people approach eating, and the wonder mess we have made out of a very simple thing.

在我的脑海中,我经常回想一些我所看到的关于人们如何对待饮食的最麻烦的事情,以及我们把一件非常简单的事情搞得一团糟。

There are two contrary impulses which govern this man's brain-the one sane, and the other eccentric. They alternate at regular intervals.

有两种相反的冲动支配着这个人的大脑——一种是理智的,另一种是古怪的。它们定期交替。

If what the heart approves conforms to proper patterns, then even if one's desires are many, what harm would they be to good order?

如果心所赞同的符合适当的模式,那么即使一个人的欲望很多,它们对良好的秩序又有什么害处呢?

They who overcome their desires once can overcome them always.

能一次克服欲望的人,就能永远克服欲望。