When we disclaim praise, it is only showing our desire to be praised a second time.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

当我们拒绝表扬的时候,那只是表示我们渴望第二次被表扬。

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I always read all these books about the slaves. My mother is very educated. My father would talk to us like we were grown men. We never knew what he was talking about half the time.

我总是读所有这些关于奴隶的书。我母亲受过良好的教育。我父亲会像我们成年人一样跟我们说话。有一半时间我们根本不知道他在说什么。

Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator.

几乎任何可以赞扬或提倡的东西都被用在了一些令人厌恶的用途上。无论多么完美的原则,都有其妥协的操纵者。

Desire is suffering. A simple equation, and a nice catchphrase. But flipped around, it is more troubling: suffering is desire.

欲望是痛苦。一个简单的方程式,一句漂亮的口头禅。但反过来说,更令人不安的是:痛苦就是欲望。

I never think at all when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them both well.

我写作时从不思考。没有人能同时做好两件事。

The desire of knowledge, like the thirst for riches, increases ever with the acquisition of it.

对知识的渴望就像对财富的渴望一样,随着知识的获得而与日俱增。