Depend upon it that if a man talks of his misfortunes there is something in them that is not disagreeable to him; for where there is nothing but pure misery there never is any recourse to the mention of it.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

毫无疑问,如果一个人谈起他的不幸,其中一定有他不讨厌的东西;因为如果只有纯粹的痛苦,那就永远没有办法提起它。

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Man can now fly in the air like a bird, swim under the ocean like a fish, he can burrow into the ground like a mole. Now if only he could walk the earth like a man, this would be paradise.

人类现在可以像鸟一样在空中飞翔,像鱼一样在海里游泳,像鼹鼠一样在地下挖洞。如果他能像个男人一样在地球上行走,这将是天堂。

Truth is not exciting enough to those who depend on the characters and lives of their neighbors for all their amusement.

对于那些依赖邻居的性格和生活来取乐的人来说,真相还不够令人兴奋。

All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

所有的幸福或不幸都完全取决于我们所爱之物的性质。

Never throughout history has a man who lived a life of ease left a name worth remembering.

历史上从来没有一个过着安逸生活的人留下一个值得记住的名字。