Man's unhappiness, as I construe, comes of his greatness; it is because there is an Infinite in him, which with all his cunning he cannot quite bury under the Finite.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

我认为,人的不幸来自于他的伟大;因为在他里面有一种无限,他虽然很狡猾,却不能把它完全埋葬在有限之中。

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Worldly pleasures, such as flow from greatness, riches, honours, and sensual gratifications, are infinitely worse than none.

世俗的快乐,如来自伟大、财富、荣誉和感官上的满足,比没有任何快乐都糟糕得多。

An ignorance of means may minister to greatness, but an ignorance of aims make it impossible to be great at all.

对手段的无知可以造就伟大,但对目标的无知使其根本不可能伟大。

Nothing would more contribute to make a man wise than to have always an enemy in his view.

没有什么比在一个人的视野中始终有一个敌人更能使他明智的了。

The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.

我唯一能想象的宇宙是一个不可思议的宇宙。

Consciousness itself is an infinite regress. This explains coincidences.

意识本身就是一种无限的倒退。这就是巧合。

The fool speaks, the wise man listens.

愚者说,智者听。