Plenty of people wish to become devout, but no one wishes to be humble.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

很多人希望成为虔诚的信徒,但没有人希望变得谦卑。

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People can try to reinvent themselves. I don't think you can really change who you are, though, because who you are is pretty much where you came from and what you've done up to now.

人们可以尝试重塑自己。我不认为你能真正改变你是谁,尽管,因为你是谁,你从哪里来,你做了什么,直到现在。

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。

You will find that hate can unify people more quickly and more fervently than devotion ever could.

你会发现,仇恨比忠诚更能迅速、更强烈地团结人们。

It is better to keep peace than to make peace.

维持和平比缔造和平好。