Man is a beautiful machine that works very badly.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

人是一种美丽的机器,却不能很好地工作。

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If the worst thing that can happen is that nobody laughs, then I can deal with that, because the worst thing that can happen at the factory is that I could lose a limb or be crushed by a huge machine.

如果最糟糕的事情就是没有人笑,那我也能应付,因为在工厂最糟糕的事情就是我可能会失去一条腿或者被一台巨大的机器压死。

When we make a mistake, it becomes front-page news. We don't need any reporter telling us how badly we played.

当我们犯了一个错误,它就会成为头版新闻。我们不需要任何记者告诉我们我们打得有多差。

But I married a guy who treated me very badly, but I was happy. I was miserable, so I was happy.

但我嫁给了一个对我很不好的男人,但我很开心。我很痛苦,所以我很快乐。

We can prevent Europe from becoming a spiritless machine that, in the end, grinds to a halt.

我们可以防止欧洲变成一个最终会停止运转的毫无生气的机器。