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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The past itself, as historical change continues to accelerate, has become the most surreal of subjects - making it possible... to see a new beauty in what is vanishing.

历史本身,随着历史变化的不断加速,已经成为最超现实的主题——使之成为可能……从正在消失的事物中看到一种新的美。

I always think change is important in a character. The most dynamic choices that you can make for a character are always the best ones.

我一直认为角色的改变很重要。你能为角色做出的最动态的选择总是最好的。

Evil is simple and empty. Evil has no mysterious depths. We stare into a dark hole and fill it with our fears, but it is only a hole.

邪恶是简单而空洞的。邪恶没有神秘的深度。我们盯着一个黑洞,用恐惧填满它,但它只是一个洞。

The world is moving so fast these days that the one who says it can't be done is generally interrupted by someone doing it.

当今世界变化如此之快,以至于那些说自己做不到的人通常会被正在做这件事的人打断。

People didn't vote left or right in the election. They voted for putting an end to all the primitive political history.

人们在选举中没有投左票或右票。他们投票赞成结束所有原始的政治史。

I sometimes suspect that half our difficulties are imaginary and that if we kept quiet about them they would disappear.

我有时怀疑,我们的困难有一半是想象出来的,如果我们对它们保持沉默,它们就会消失。

Sometimes, when you're mad, you have the right to be mad, but you don't have the right to be cruel.

有时候,当你生气的时候,你有权利生气,但是你没有权利残忍。

It is a great evil, as well as a misfortune, to be unable to utter a prompt and decided 'no'.

不能及时说出一个“不”字,然后决定“不”,这既是一种不幸,也是一种极大的不幸。

Generally what I produce is new. Of course, they are often variations on the same subject.

一般来说,我生产的都是新的。当然,它们通常是同一主题的变体。

Who is rich? He that is content. Who is that? Nobody.

谁是富人?知足者常乐。那是谁?没有人。