There are three methods to gaining wisdom. The first is reflection, which is the highest. The second is limitation, which is the easiest. The third is experience, which is the bitterest.

  • -- Confucius 孔子

获得智慧有三种方法。第一种是反射,反射是最高的。第二个是限制,这是最简单的。第三是经验,这是最痛苦的。

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

可以说,每一种痛苦的一部分都是痛苦的影子或反映:你不仅要受苦,而且必须不断地思考你受苦的事实。我不仅在无尽的悲伤中度过每一天,而且在每一天都想着在悲伤中度过每一天。

I was happy she got it and I have to sort of - and one of the reasons I did Third Watch is because I wanted to break that thing of just being the pretty girl and play it down and let it be about the work.

我很高兴她得到了这份工作,我不得不——我看第三次的原因之一是,我想打破那种只做漂亮女孩的感觉,淡化它,让它与工作有关。

As a rule, all heroism is due to a lack of reflection, and thus it is necessary to maintain a mass of imbeciles. If they once understand themselves the ruling men will be lost.

一般说来,所有的英雄主义都是由于缺乏反思,因此有必要保持一群低能儿。如果他们一旦了解自己,统治的人就会迷失。

The first is called insuperable, the second inseparable, the third singular.

第一个叫不可超越,第二个叫不可分,第三个叫单数。

The time to enjoy a European trip is about three weeks after unpacking.

享受欧洲之旅的时间大约是在开箱后的三周。

An ingenuous mind feels in unmerited praise the bitterest reproof.

天真无邪的人在无端的赞扬中感到最苦涩的责备。

Work spares us from three evils: boredom, vice, and need.

工作使我们远离三种罪恶:无聊、堕落和匮乏。