All human evil comes from a single cause, man's inability to sit still in a room.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

人类所有的罪恶都源于一个单一的原因,那就是人类无法安静地坐在房间里。

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It's a little bit like my inability to read a guide book before I go anywhere. I can read it after I've been there and by the same logic I refuse to accept any technical stunts from anybody. I refused to learn more than I knew and I confess I missed a great deal.

这有点像我在去任何地方之前都不能读一本导游书。我去过之后就能看懂,同样的道理,我拒绝接受任何人的任何技术特技。我拒绝学得比我知道的更多,我承认我错过了很多。

The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce past levels of food and fuel, or to maintain adequate defense.

一个社会的逐渐衰落往往是一个自我诱导的过程,试图满足不断增长的食欲,而不是身体上无法生产过去水平的食物和燃料,或维持足够的防御。

In the mass of mankind, I fear, there is too great a majority of fools and knaves; who, singly from their number, must to a certain degree be respected, though they are by no means respectable.

我担心,在人类的大众中,有太多的傻瓜和恶棍;从他们的人数来看,虽然他们一点也不值得尊敬,但在一定程度上必须受到尊敬。

Those offers come in now and again. They're not knocking down my door. I'm only an old character actor, and I'm not needed.

这些提议不时出现。他们没来敲我的门。我只是个老角色演员,不需要我。

History is indeed little more than the register of the crimes, follies, and misfortunes of mankind.

历史只不过是人类的罪恶、愚蠢和不幸的记录。

Wars are not paid for in wartime, the bill comes later.

战争在战时是不需要支付费用的,法案后来才出台。