If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.

  • -- George Berkeley 乔治伯克利

如果我们承认这个世界的创造是如此非凡的一件事,那么我们似乎就承认了一件人类所理解的、超越任何其他奇迹的、奇怪的、新奇的事情。

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Those who decide to use leisure as a means of mental development, who love good music, good books, good pictures, good plays, good company, good conversation - what are they? They are the happiest people in the world.

那些决定把休闲作为心智发展手段的人,那些喜欢好音乐、好书、好画、好剧本、好伙伴、好对话的人——他们是什么?他们是世界上最幸福的人。

People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.

人们想听到人性的极端。他们想要的东西比他们自己的生活更大,更浪漫,不一定是他们自己的经历。

The world doesn't understand me and I don't understand the world, that's why I've withdrawn from it.

这个世界不了解我,我也不了解这个世界,这就是为什么我要远离它。

Jealousy is the fear or apprehension of superiority: envy our uneasiness under it.

嫉妒是对优越感的恐惧或恐惧:嫉妒我们在优越感下的不安。

One's friends are that part of the human race with which one can be human.

一个人的朋友是人类可以成为人类的一部分。