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 was a starter and did some good things there, and then I got a chance to prove myself as a closer. Because of that opportunity, I was blessed with the honor of being elected to the Hall of Fame.

我是一个先发球员,在那里做了一些好事,然后我有机会证明自己是一个更接近目标的球员。因为这个机会,我有幸被选入名人堂。

It’s called flirting when you are in a relationship, but it is called being friendly when you are single.

恋爱时这叫做调情,但单身时这叫做友好。

A bad man in Zion City is a good man in Chicago.

锡安城的坏人就是芝加哥的好人。

Become my friend and you embrace a nightmare.

成为我的朋友,你就会做噩梦。