The diseases which destroy a man are no less natural than the instincts which preserve him.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

毁灭一个人的疾病并不比保护他的本能更不自然。

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A person who can't pay gets another person who can't pay to guarantee that he can pay. Like a person with two wooden legs getting another person with two wooden legs to guarantee that he has got two natural legs. It don't make either of them able to do a walking-match.

一个不能付款的人得到另一个不能付款的人来保证他能付款。就像一个有两条木腿的人得到另一个有两条木腿的人来保证他有两条天然的腿。这使他们两人都不能进行竞走比赛。

The trouble with being a hypochondriac these days is that antibiotics have cured all the good diseases.

如今忧郁症的麻烦在于抗生素已经治愈了所有的好病。

Medicine and writing are natural companions.

医学和写作是天生的伴侣。

All diseases run into one, old age.

所有疾病都有一个共同点,老年。