For every complex problem there is an answer that is clear, simple, and wrong.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

每一个复杂的问题都有一个明确、简单和错误的答案。

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All initiation of force is a violation of someone else's rights, whether initiated by an individual or the state, for the benefit of an individual or group of individuals, even if it's supposed to be for the benefit of another individual or group of individuals.

所有武力的发动都是对他人权利的侵犯,无论是由个人还是国家发起的,都是为了个人或群体的利益,即使是为了另一个个人或群体的利益。

The answer to old age is to keep one's mind busy and to go on with one's life as if it were interminable. I always admired Chekhov for building a new house when he was dying of tuberculosis.

应对衰老的方法是让自己的大脑忙碌起来,继续过着永无止境的生活。我一直很钦佩契诃夫,因为他在死于肺结核的时候盖了一栋新房子。

Trinidad may seem complex, but to anyone who knows it, it is a simple, colonial, philistine society.

特立尼达可能看起来很复杂,但对任何了解它的人来说,它是一个简单、殖民、庸俗的社会。

People are so complex. They want to hear the truth, but they want you to lie to them.

人是如此复杂。他们想听真话,但他们想让你对他们撒谎。

We were close friends, also lovers. Did anything for one another.

我们是亲密的朋友,也是恋人。为彼此做了任何事。

Money is not the only answer, but it makes a difference.

钱不是唯一的答案,但它会产生影响。