Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.

  • -- Timothy Leary 蒂莫西·利里

文明是无法忍受的,但在上层社会就没那么难以忍受了。

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It's unbearable when someone changes around you. Just imagine that your life partner changes, then it is difficult to cope with. Or your mother. Or your father. They were strong and now they're like a baby - it's not so funny.

当你周围有人改变时,你会无法忍受。试想一下,你的生活伴侣发生了变化,那就很难应付了。或者你的母亲。或者你的父亲。他们很强壮,现在就像个婴儿一样——这一点也不好玩。

In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

在文明生活中,一个人的幸福,甚至几乎是他的生存,在很大程度上取决于他的同胞的意见,他不断地扮演着一个研究的角色。

Three passions, simple but overwhelmingly strong, have governed my life: the longing for love, the search for knowledge, and unbearable pity for the suffering of mankind.

吾生三愿,纯朴却激越:一曰渴望爱情,二曰求索知识,三曰悲悯吾类之无尽苦难。

The destiny of world civilization depends upon providing a decent standard of living for all mankind.

世界文明的命运取决于为全人类提供一种体面的生活水平。