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It is not poverty so much as pretense that harasses a ruined man - the struggle between a proud mind and an empty purse - the keeping up of a hollow show that must soon come to an end.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

使一个破产的人烦恼的与其说是贫穷，还不如说是矫饰——在骄傲的头脑和空虚的钱包之间挣扎——必须很快结束的空虚的表演。

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Berlin is still going through a transition since the Cold War - both in what used to be East and West Berlin. I can still sense the confusion and the struggle for identity there in the streets. There's a pulse to it.

自冷战以来，柏林仍在经历转型——无论是在曾经的东柏林还是西柏林。我仍然能感觉到街上的混乱和对身份的挣扎。这是有脉搏的。

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The basic fault lines today are not between people with different beliefs but between people who hold these beliefs with an element of uncertainty and people who hold these beliefs with a pretense of certitude.

今天的基本断层线不是不同信仰的人之间的断层线，而是持有这些信仰的人之间的断层线，这些人的信仰带有不确定性，而持有这些信仰的人的信仰带有确定性。

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Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

那些试图用仪式和音乐来阻碍人类的思想，影响慈善和奉献来满足人类思想的人已经失去了他们的本性。

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Be yourself. Life is precious as it is. All the elements for your happiness are already here. There is no need to run, strive, search or struggle.

做你自己。生命本来就是宝贵的。你幸福的所有要素都已经在这里了。没有必要跑，没有必要奋斗，没有必要寻找，没有必要挣扎。

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You can hit the gym every day for the rest of your life, But unless you work out your mind, you won't get very far.

你可以在你的余生每天都去健身房，但是除非你锻炼你的大脑，否则你不会走得太远。

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Political Freedom without economic equality is a pretense, a fraud, a lie; and the workers want no lying.

没有经济平等的政治自由是一种借口、一种骗局、一种谎言;工人们不想撒谎。

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I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.

我从未见过如此天真的信念与更大的智力贫困相关联。

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August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.

八月，夏季最后一个不幸的信使，是一个空洞的演员。

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Poverty is unnecessary.

贫穷是不必要的。

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