It seems astonishing to be paid for indulging in pure pleasure. For me to go to Coburg is rather as if a trainspotter was sent for a few weeks to Swindon or a chocoholic asked on holiday by Green and Black.

  • -- A. N. Wilson A.N.威尔逊

沉溺于纯粹的快乐而得到报酬,这似乎令人吃惊。对我来说,去科堡就像一个火车观察员被派到斯文顿待了几个星期,或者格林和布莱克在度假时邀请我去吃巧克力。

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For the rational, psychologically healthy man, the desire for pleasure is the desire to celebrate his control over reality. For the neurotic, the desire for pleasure is the desire to escape from reality.

对于理性的、心理健康的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是庆祝自己控制了现实的渴望。对神经质的人来说,对快乐的渴望就是对现实的逃避。

There is no pleasure in having nothing to do; the fun is having lots to do and not doing it.

无所事事是没有乐趣的;有趣的是有很多事情要做而不去做。

All that we know is astonishing. Even more astonishing is what passes for knowing.

我们所知道的一切都是惊人的。更令人惊讶的是,这些被认为是已知的东西。