I have come to believe that the whole world is an enigma, a harmless enigma that is made terrible by our own mad attempt to interpret it as though it had an underlying truth.

  • -- Umberto Eco 乌姆贝托生态

我开始相信整个世界是一个谜,一个无害的谜,我们疯狂地试图去解释它,仿佛它有一个潜在的真理,这使它变得可怕。

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When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.

当人们最确定和傲慢的时候,他们往往是最错误的,没有经过适当的深思熟虑就对激情发表看法,而只有深思熟虑才能使他们避免最荒唐的事情。

Trust him not with your secrets, who, when left alone in your room, turns over your papers.

不要把你的秘密托付给他,当他一个人留在你房间时,会把你的文件交给他。