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For an author to write as he speaks is just as reprehensible as the opposite fault, to speak as he writes; for this gives a pedantic effect to what he says, and at the same time makes him hardly intelligible.

  • -- Arthur Schopenhauer 亚瑟·叔本华

一个作家边写边写，就像他犯了相反的错误一样，应该受到谴责;因为这给他所说的话带来了一种迂腐的效果，同时也使他的话难以理解。

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It is up to the public to stop attending these theatrical, and aquatic shows, and circuses with wild animals. The rhetoric about how the animals are happy and well cared for are lies. Don't be swayed by them. The money behind these shows is huge; there is nothing good about them.

公众应该停止参加这些戏剧、水上表演和野生动物马戏团。关于动物如何快乐和受到良好照顾的花言巧语是谎言。不要被他们左右。这些节目背后的资金是巨大的;他们一点也不好。

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We are the kind of people who obsess over one word... but we have only one shot to get it right in concert. It was hard the first time I practiced with them. I was so nervous that my vocal chords were paralyzed for about a half-hour.

我们是那种痴迷于一个词的人……但我们只有一次机会把它弄对。我第一次和他们一起练习的时候很难。我太紧张了，声带瘫痪了大约半个小时。

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Devotion to the truth is the hallmark of morality; there is no greater, nobler, more heroic form of devotion than the act of a man who assumes the responsibility of thinking.

忠于真理是道德的标志;没有什么比一个勇于思考的人的行动更伟大、更高尚、更英勇的奉献精神了。

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Language... has created the word "loneliness" to express the pain of being alone. And it has created the word "solitude" to express the glory of being alone.

语言……创造了“孤独”这个词来表达孤独的痛苦。它创造了“孤独”这个词来表达独处的荣耀。

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When faith in our freedom gives way to fear of our freedom, silencing the minority view becomes the operative protocol.

当对自由的信念让位于对自由的恐惧时，压制少数人的观点就成了有效的协议。

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If pessimism is despair, optimism is cowardice and stupidity. Is there any need to choose between them?

如果悲观是绝望，乐观就是懦弱和愚蠢。有必要在他们之间做出选择吗?

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What we all want is public safety. We don't want rhetoric that's framed through ideology.

我们都想要的是公共安全。我们不希望修辞被意识形态所框定。

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Language should be an ever developing procedure and not an isolated occurrence.

语言应该是一个不断发展的过程，而不是孤立的事件。

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In politics one should not expect big jumps. Everything takes time.

在政治领域，人们不应期望出现大幅跃升。一切都需要时间。

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Pessimism is only the name that men of weak nerves give to wisdom.

悲观主义只是胆小的人给智慧取的名字。

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People are scared to death of dying. I am the opposite.

人们害怕死。我正好相反。

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