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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Normally, what I do for fun is just nothing. I try to just relax. Normally, it involves just relaxing and reading and maybe going out and meeting up with a friend. I live a very simple existence. I would much rather just sit around and listen to a couple of records and read the paper.

正常情况下,我只是为了好玩,什么也不做。我试着放松。通常,这包括放松,阅读,也许出去和朋友见面。我过着非常简单的生活。我宁愿坐在那里听几张唱片,读报纸。

One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.

一个人应该看这个世界,把自己看成是一个善恶平衡的天平。当他做了一件好事,天平就会向好的方向倾斜——他和世界都得救了。当他做了一件坏事时,天平就倾斜到坏的一边——他和世界都毁灭了。

She is such a good friend that she would throw all her acquaintances into the water for the pleasure of fishing them out again.

她是一个非常好的朋友,她会把所有的熟人都扔进水里,以便再次把他们捞出来。

I was a very good baseball player and football player as a kid.

我小时候是一个非常棒的棒球手和足球运动员。