It is one of the most saddening things in life that, try as we may, we can never be certain of making people happy, whereas we can almost always be certain of making them unhappy.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

这是生活中最令人悲伤的事情之一,尽管我们尽了最大的努力,但我们永远不能肯定能让人们幸福,而我们几乎总是能肯定能让他们不幸福。

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There is no quick way of making money. People come to you with tips for the races or offer the latest Ponzi scheme, but I can see them coming a mile off. I just go with the adage that if it sounds too good to be true it probably is.

没有快速赚钱的方法。人们会向你提供赛马的提示,或者提供最新的庞氏骗局,但我能预见到他们的到来。

Most of a modest woman's life was spent, after all, in denying what, in one day at least of every year, was made obvious.

毕竟,一个谦逊的女人一生中,大部分时间都在否认那些至少在每年的某一天显而易见的事实。

In modern business it is not the crook who is to be feared most, it is the honest man who doesn't know what he is doing.

在现代商业中,最可怕的不是骗子,而是不知道自己在做什么的诚实的人。

I read less and less. I have not forgiven books for their failure to tell me the truth and make me happy.

我读得越来越少。我没有原谅书籍,因为它们没有告诉我真相,没有让我快乐。

In the confusion we stay with each other, happy to be together, speaking without uttering a single word.

在迷茫中,我们呆在一起,开心地在一起,一句话也不说。

There are certain actors you watch in a movie, and you think, 'Wow, that guy is very skilled.'

你在电影中看到某些演员,你会想,‘哇,那家伙演技真不错。’

Too poor for a bribe, and too proud to importune, he had not the method of making a fortune.

他太穷,不能贿赂,又太骄傲,不能强求,因此他没有发财的办法。

I've lived, laughed, lost, and loved again the whole Shakespearian thing.

我经历过,笑过,失去过,又爱上了莎士比亚的一切。

Death is an awful thing. I don't believe in it myself.

死亡是一件可怕的事情。我自己也不相信。

In a certain sense the Good is comfortless.

在某种意义上,善是不舒服的。