A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

对于生活在文明社会的人来说,一种轻微的日常的无意识的奢侈几乎是永远不会缺少的;就像和煦的气候中温和的空气一样,它是一种永久的微小享受。

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I try to keep in touch with the details... I also look at the product daily. That doesn't mean you interfere, but it's important occasionally to show the ability to be involved. It shows you understand what's happening.

我尽量与细节保持联系。我也每天看产品。这并不意味着你要干预,但偶尔表现出参与其中的能力是很重要的。这表明你明白发生了什么。

The world intrudes in my brain daily. Since my brain is dripping with all kinds of stuff that's out there in the world, that I can't seem to be able to shut out, it has to end up being in my work as well.

这个世界每天都侵入我的大脑。因为我的脑子里满是各种各样的东西,我似乎无法将它们拒之门外,所以我的工作中也必须有这些东西。

Thought is a key to all treasures; the miser's gains are ours without his cares. Thus I have soared above this world, where my enjoyment have been intellectual joys.

思想是开启一切财富的钥匙;吝啬鬼的所得是我们的,不用他操心。这样,我就飞越了这个世界,在这个世界上,我的快乐就是精神上的快乐。

A youthful mind is seldom totally free from ambition; to curb that, is the first step to contentment, since to diminish expectation is to increase enjoyment.

年轻的头脑很少能完全摆脱野心;抑制这种情绪是获得满足感的第一步,因为减少期望就是增加快乐。

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

历史上没有任何一个认为自己可以通过不冒犯敌人来保护自由的人幸存下来。

Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart.

我的圣诞礼物!这是在大厅里点燃好客之火,在心中点燃慈善之火的季节。

It is a luxury to do something that serves no practical purpose: the luxury of civilisation.

做一些没有实际意义的事情是一种奢侈:文明的奢侈。