There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

  • -- Nagarjuna 龙树

伤口被刮伤是一种乐趣,但没有伤口更令人愉快。就是这样,在世俗的欲望中也有快乐,但是没有欲望更令人愉快。

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Blessedness consists in the accomplishment of our desires, and in our having only regular desires.

幸福在于满足我们的欲望,而在于我们只有固定的欲望。

After having won a scepter, few are so generous as to disdain the pleasures of ruling.

赢得权杖后,很少有人会如此慷慨地蔑视统治的乐趣。

The choicest pleasures of life lie within the ring of moderation.

生活中最好的乐趣在于适度。

The more one has, the less one desires.

一个人拥有的越多,他的欲望就越少。