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The only purpose of cats is that they constitute mobile decorative objects.
猫的唯一目的是构成可移动的装饰对象。
— Muriel Barbery 妙莉叶·芭贝里
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更多好句 ↗The real purpose of books is to trap the mind into doing its own thinking.
书籍真正的目的，是引导头脑开始独立思考。
Christopher Morley
克里斯托弗·莫利
The universe we observe has precisely the properties we should expect if there is, at bottom, no design, no purpose, no evil, no good, nothing but blind, pitiless indifference.
我们所观察的宇宙，如果其本质上没有设计、没有目的、没有恶、没有善，只有盲目、无情的冷漠，那么它就具有我们所期望的特性。
Richard Dawkins
理查德·道金斯
A man who becomes conscious of the responsibility he bears toward a human being who affectionately waits for him, or to an unfinished work, will never be able to throw away his life. He knows the "why" for his existence, and will be able to bear almost any "how."
一个人如果意识到自己对一个深情地等待着他的人所承担的责任，或者意识到自己对一项尚未完成的工作所承担的责任，他就永远不能抛弃自己的生命。他知道他的存在的“为什么”，并将能够忍受几乎任何“如何”。
Viktor Emil Frankl
维克多·埃米尔·弗兰克尔
Pursue some path, however narrow and crooked, in which you can walk with love and reverence.
追求一条道路，无论多么狭窄和弯曲，你都可以带着爱和崇敬走在其中。
Henry David Thoreau
亨利·大卫·梭罗
Don't waste life in doubts and fears; spend yourself on the work before you, well assured that the right performance of this hour's duties will be the best preparation for the hours and ages that will follow it.
不要把生命浪费在怀疑和恐惧中;把你自己花在你面前的工作上，充分肯定正确地履行这一小时的职责将是为随后的几个小时和几岁做好的最好准备。
Ralph Waldo Emerson
拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生
The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our souls.
艺术的目的是洗去我们灵魂中日常生活的尘埃。
Pablo Picasso
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