People want to hear about the extremes of human nature. They want things that are larger than their own lives, and more romantic, and not necessarily of their own experiences.

  • -- Richard John Thompson 理查德·约翰·汤普森

人们想听到人性的极端。他们想要的东西比他们自己的生活更大,更浪漫,不一定是他们自己的经历。

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If we admit a thing so extraordinary as the creation of this world, it should seem that we admit something strange, and odd, and new to human apprehension, beyond any other miracle whatsoever.

如果我们承认这个世界的创造是如此非凡的一件事,那么我们似乎就承认了一件人类所理解的、超越任何其他奇迹的、奇怪的、新奇的事情。

Our individual lives cannot, generally, be works of art unless the social order is also.

一般来说,我们的个人生活不可能是艺术品,除非社会秩序也是。

It's peaceful for people to know how their lives are going to be, pretty much.

对人们来说,知道自己的生活将会怎样是一件很平静的事情。

I don't like a man to be too efficient. He's likely to be not human enough.

我不喜欢效率太高的人。他可能不够人性化。