Fear is pain arising from the anticipation of evil.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

恐惧是因对邪恶的预期而产生的痛苦。

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I'm happiest at home hanging out with the kids... Having a family has been my saving grace because I don't work back to back on anything or I'd drive myself to an early grave with guilt and worry for my family, whom I'd never see.

我最开心的时候是在家和孩子们一起玩……拥有一个家庭一直是我的可取之处,因为我不会在任何事情上反反复复地工作,也不会带着罪恶感和对我永远见不到的家人的担忧早早地进入坟墓。

I worry about kids and all they are exposed to. Kids get so bombarded with hard, commercial sounds. They don't even have a chance to develop the softer part of themselves without fear of being ridiculed.

我担心孩子们和他们所接触到的一切。孩子们总是被商业的声音轰炸。他们甚至没有机会在不被嘲笑的情况下发展自己的软肋。

In the landscape of time, there are few locations less comfortable than that of one who waits for some person or event to arrive at some unknown moment in the future.

在时间的风景中,很少有地方比等待某人或某件事在未来某个未知的时刻到来更不舒服的了。

But goodness alone is never enough. A hard cold wisdom is required, too, for goodness to accomplish good. Goodness without wisdom invariably accomplishes evil.

但光有善良是不够的。善良要达到善的目的,也需要冷酷无情的智慧。没有智慧的善良必然会导致邪恶。

The belief in a supernatural source of evil is not necessary; men alone are quite capable of every wickedness.

相信超自然的邪恶根源是没有必要的;只有人类才会做每一件坏事。

If pleasures are greatest in anticipation, just remember that this is also true of trouble.

如果预期带来的快乐是最大的,请记住,烦恼也是如此。