This avidity alone, of acquiring goods and possessions for ourselves and our nearest friends, is insatiable, perpetual, universal, and directly destructive of society.

  • -- David Hume 大卫休姆

仅仅是这种为我们自己和我们最亲密的朋友获取财物的欲望,就是贪得无厌的,永恒的,普遍的,直接破坏社会的。

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I am convinced that material things can contribute a lot to making one's life pleasant, but, basically, if you do not have very good friends and relatives who matter to you, life will be really empty and sad and material things cease to be important.

我相信物质的东西可以使一个人的生活愉快,但基本上,如果你没有很好的朋友和亲戚谁对你很重要,生活将是真正的空虚和悲伤,物质的东西不再重要。

You are educated. Your certification is in your degree. You may think of it as the ticket to the good life. Let me ask you to think of an alternative. Think of it as your ticket to change the world.

你是受过教育的。你的证书就是你的学位。你可以把它看作通往美好生活的门票。让我请你想出一个替代方案。把它看作是你改变世界的门票。

They always come back when they learn that not every woman's gonna treat them this good.

当他们知道不是每个女人都会对他们这么好时,他们总会回来。

Thank God my best friend's a therapist.

谢天谢地,我最好的朋友是个心理医生。