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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With fame, you can't trust everybody. You can't depend on them being there for you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got you as a person. They will only be there because of what you've got and what you can bring to their life. It's not a relationship-it's a leech.

有了名气,你不能相信所有人。你不能指望他们作为一个人在你身边。他们的存在只是因为你作为一个人所拥有的。他们的存在只是因为你所拥有的和你能为他们的生活带来的。这不是一种关系,而是一个水蛭。

A man may imagine things that are false, but he can only understand things that are true, for if the things be false, the apprehension of them is not understanding.

一个人可以想象虚假的东西,但他只能理解真实的东西,因为如果这些东西是虚假的,对它们的理解就不是理解。

There is no man living that can not do more than he thinks he can.

活着的人没有一个不能做的比他认为他能做的更多。

Affairs that depend on many rarely succeed.

依赖许多人的事情很少能成功。