The road to perdition has ever been accompanied by lip service to an ideal.

  • -- Albert Einstein 爱因斯坦

在通往毁灭的道路上,从来都伴随着对理想的口惠而实不至。

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For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.

几个世纪以来,死刑常常伴随着野蛮的改良,一直试图遏制犯罪;然而,犯罪依然存在。为什么?因为人的本能在交战,并不像法律所宣称的那样,是处于平衡状态的恒常力量。

Our own theological Church, as we know, has scorned and vilified the body till it has seemed almost a reproach and a shame to have one, yet at the same time has credited it with power to drag the soul to perdition.

正如我们所知,我们自己的神学教会,曾经蔑视和污蔑肉体,甚至把它看作是一种耻辱和耻辱,但同时又认为它有力量把灵魂拖入沉沦。

No poet or novelist wishes he were the only one who ever lived, but most of them wish they were the only one alive, and quite a number fondly believe their wish has been granted.

没有诗人或小说家希望自己是唯一活着的人,但他们中的大多数人希望自己是唯一活着的人,相当多的人天真地认为他们的愿望已经实现了。

Wisdom stands at the turn in the road and calls upon us publicly, but we consider it false and despise its adherents.

智慧站在道路的转弯处,公开地召唤我们,但我们认为它是虚假的,轻视它的追随者。

What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window.

作家的妻子永远无法理解的是,当作家凝视窗外时,他正在工作。

Don't order one for the road, because the road is already laid out.

不要为这条路订一条,因为这条路已经铺好了。

We were very fortunate to have been on the scene when we were.

我们很幸运,当时就在现场。

It's been a rollercoaster life but it hasn't been boring.

这是一段过山车般的生活,但并不无聊。