There is not a more unhappy being than a superannuated idol.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

没有什么比一个过时的偶像更不快乐的了。

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To live forever should not be an obligation. In fact, eternal life should only be for those who wish for it, because if we are depressed and unhappy with our lives, just the idea of living forever is an unbearable source of suffering.

永生不应该是一种义务。事实上,永生应该只属于那些希望得到永生的人,因为如果我们对自己的生活感到沮丧和不快乐,那么永生的想法就是一种无法忍受的痛苦之源。

The idol of today pushes the hero of yesterday out of our recollection; and will, in turn, be supplanted by his successor of tomorrow.

今天的偶像把昨天的英雄从我们的记忆中推开;反过来,他也将被明天的继任者所取代。

Money can't buy happiness, but it can make you awfully comfortable while you're being miserable.

金钱买不到幸福,但它能让你在痛苦的时候感到非常舒服。

I'm sad to say that stardom is a commodity in our culture.

我很遗憾地说,明星在我们的文化中是一种商品。

There is more pleasure in loving than in being beloved.

爱比被爱更有乐趣。

Not being able to work would make me very unhappy.

不能工作将使我很不快乐。

Stardom isn't a profession; it's an accident.

明星不是一种职业;这是一个意外。

A maker of idols is never an idolater.

造偶像的,决不是拜偶像的。