No society has been able to abolish human sadness, no political system can deliver us from the pain of living, from our fear of death, our thirst for the absolute. It is the human condition that directs the social condition, not vice versa.

  • -- Eugene Ionesco 尤内斯库

没有一个社会能够消除人类的悲伤,没有一个政治制度能够把我们从生活的痛苦、对死亡的恐惧和对绝对的渴望中解救出来。是人的条件决定了社会的条件,而不是社会条件决定人的条件。

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There's been a lot said about Social Security reform. What has been left out of the debate is the double tax on Social Security benefits. I believe it's time to get rid of a tax that punishes seniors and discourages work and retirement savings.

关于社会保障改革有很多说法。辩论中被忽略的是对社会保障福利的双重征税。我认为是时候取消一项税收了,它会惩罚老年人,阻碍工作和退休储蓄。

Social psychology is especially interested in the effect which the social group has in the determination of the experience and conduct of the individual member.

社会心理学特别感兴趣的是社会群体在决定个体成员的经验和行为方面所起的作用。

Humility is a grace that shines in a high condition but cannot, equally, in a low one because a person in the latter is already, perhaps, too much humbled.

谦卑是一种优雅,它在高尚的环境中闪耀光芒,但在卑微的环境中却无法同样闪耀光芒,因为一个人在卑微的环境中可能已经过于谦卑了。

People can be ignorant and still have loving, human qualities.

人们可以是无知的,但仍然有爱心,人类的品质。

A lot of times you're just conditioned by what's around you.

很多时候,你只是受到周围环境的制约。

Never underestimate human stupidity.

永远不要低估人类的愚蠢。