Feasts must be solemn and rare, or else they cease to be feasts.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

宴会必须是庄严而罕见的,否则就不再是宴会了。

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We fear that this moment will end, that we won't get what we need, that we will lose what we love, or that we will not be safe. Often, our biggest fear is the knowledge that one day our bodies will cease functioning. So even when we are surrounded by all the conditions for happiness, our joy is not complete.

我们害怕这一刻将会结束,我们将得不到我们需要的,我们将失去我们所爱的,或者我们将不再安全。通常,我们最大的恐惧是知道有一天我们的身体会停止运作。所以即使我们被幸福的所有条件所包围,我们的快乐也不是完全的。

The main job requirement for a network-news anchor is thinking it's the only important job in the world. This is a field where solemn gravitas isn't a drawback; it's the whole point.

网络新闻主播的主要工作要求是认为这是世界上唯一重要的工作。在这个领域,庄严肃穆并非缺点;这才是重点。

One sweetly solemn thought, comes to me o'er and o'er; I am nearer home today, than I ever have been before.

一个甜蜜庄严的念头,一次又一次地向我走来;我今天比以往任何时候都离家更近了。

No great artist ever sees things as they really are. If he did, he would cease to be an artist.

没有伟大的艺术家能看到事物的本来面目。如果他这样做了,他就不再是艺术家了。

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

殖民地并不因为独立而停止成为殖民地。

Save yourself frae the deil and the laird's bairns.

救你自己吧,该死的迪尔和莱尔德家的孩子。