The psychological basis of the metropolitan type of individuality consists in the intensification of nervous stimulation which results from the swift and uninterrupted change of outer and inner stimuli.

-- Georg Simmel 齐美尔

都市型个性的心理基础在于神经刺激的强化，这是由外部和内部刺激的迅速和不间断的变化所导致的。

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In order to accommodate to change and to the contrast of phenomena, the intellect does not require any shocks and inner upheavals; it is only through such upheavals that the more conservative mind could accommodate to the metropolitan rhythm of events.

为了适应变化和现象的对比，智力不需要任何冲击和内在的剧变;只有经历了这样的巨变，保守的人才能适应大都市的节奏。

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Thus, the technique of metropolitan life is unimaginable without the most punctual integration of all activities and mutual relations into a stable and impersonal time schedule.

因此，如果没有把所有的活动和相互关系最准时地整合到一个稳定而客观的时间表中，都市生活的技巧是无法想象的。

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I'm not in this world to live up to your expectations and you're not in this world to live up to mine.

我活着不是为了满足你的期望，你也不是为了满足我的期望。

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