We make a ladder for ourselves of our vices, if we trample those same vices underfoot.

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

如果我们把恶习踩在脚下,我们就用恶习为自己制造了一架梯子。

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The same historical development that turned the citizen into a client transformed the worker from a producer into a consumer.

同样的历史发展把公民变成了客户,把工人从生产者变成了消费者。

College had little effect on me. I'd have been the same writer if I'd gone to MIT, except I'd have flunked out sooner.

大学对我没有什么影响。如果我去了麻省理工学院,我也会成为同样的作家,只不过我会更早不及格。

Being popular with an audience is a very rickety ladder to be on.

受观众欢迎是一件很不稳定的事。

As we ascend the social ladder, viciousness wears a thicker mask.

当我们攀登社会阶梯时,邪恶戴着更厚的面具。