The fact is that love is of two kinds, one which commands, and one which obeys. The two are quite distinct, and the passion to which the one gives rise is not the passion of the other.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

事实上,爱有两种,一种是命令,一种是服从。这两者是截然不同的,其中一个引起的激情不是另一个的激情。

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My wife and I have mellowed out as we've gone along. With the first baby, when she cried, we'd think, Oh my God, what do we do now? But with Finley, our fourth - he's the easiest baby ever, and I think that has a lot to do with the fact that we're much more relaxed these days.

我和我妻子相处得很融洽。当第一个孩子哭的时候,我们会想,天哪,我们现在该怎么办?但是有了芬利,我们的第四个孩子,他是有史以来最容易的孩子,我认为这和我们这些天更放松有很大关系。

There's one fundamental law that all of nature obeys that mankind breaks every day. Now, this is a law that's evolved over billions of years, and the law is this: Nothing in nature takes more than it needs.

有一个基本的规律是所有的大自然都遵守的,而人类每天都在违反它。这是一条经过数十亿年进化而来的定律,它是这样的:自然界中没有什么比它所需要的更多。

Various are the pleas and arguments which men of corrupt minds frequently urge against yielding obedience to the just and holy commands of God.

有各种各样的恳求和辩论,就是那些思想败坏的人,常常极力反对顺服神的公义和圣洁的命令。

May not the complaint, that common people are above their station, often take its rise in the fact of uncommon people being below theirs?

“平凡人高于他们的地位”这一抱怨,难道不常以“平凡人低于他们的地位”这一事实为依据吗?

I have discovered that there are two types of command interfaces in the world of computing: good interfaces and user interfaces.

我发现在计算机世界中有两种类型的命令接口:良好的接口和用户接口。

In English we must use adjectives to distinguish the different kinds of love for which the ancients had distinct names.

在英语中,我们必须用形容词来区分不同种类的爱,古人对这种爱有不同的名字。

Saints have no moderation, nor do poets, just exuberance.

圣人没有节制,诗人也没有节制,只有丰富。

Long before I had money, my passion for cars was there.

早在我有钱之前,我对汽车的热情就在那里了。

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

有美德的人不命令,也不服从。

I like business and personal life to be distinct.

我喜欢把工作和个人生活区分开来。

Expenditures rise to meet income.

支出增加以满足收入。