Those disputing, contradicting, and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory, sometimes, but they never get good will, which would be of more use to them.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

那些爱争论、爱反驳、爱驳倒别人的人在他们的事务中通常是不幸的。他们有时能获得胜利,但他们从来没有得到过善意,而善意对他们更有用。

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Many novelists take well-defined, precise characters, whose stories are sometimes of mediocre interest, and place them in an important historical context, which remains secondary in spite of everything.

许多小说家把定义明确、精确的人物置于重要的历史背景中,而不管发生什么事,历史背景都是次要的。

You really have to try hard to create space and, at least for a time, stop the political world from rushing in. The important thing is to remain sane.

你真的必须努力创造空间,至少在一段时间内,阻止政治世界涌入。重要的是保持理智。

The world is inviolable: it has no beginning and no end. Those who seek to change it will be changed.

世界是不可侵犯的,没有起点也没有终点。那些寻求改变的人将会被改变。

We move sometimes. We send messages to each other. We talk on the phone. Tell me, what can we do?

有时我们移动。我们互相发送信息。我们在电话里聊天。告诉我,我们能做什么?

It is remarkable how a seemingly insignificant action or event can change entire lives.

值得注意的是,一个看似微不足道的行为或事件却能改变整个生活。

If I have a reason to do something, and I have enough passion, I generally succeed.

如果我有一个做某事的理由,并且我有足够的激情,我通常会成功。

Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.

懒惰远非万恶之源,相反,它是唯一真正的善。

If you know how to spend less than you get, you have the philosopher's stone.

如果你知道如何量入为出,你就有了“魔法石”。

Those who have least to do are generally the most busy people in the world.

那些最不需要做的人通常是世界上最忙碌的人。

Put another way, satan is a person's wish to do evil.

换句话说,撒旦是一个人做坏事的愿望。