Like dogs in a wheel, birds in a cage, or squirrels in a chain, ambitious men still climb and climb, with great labor, and incessant anxiety, but never reach the top.

  • -- Robert Browning 罗伯特·布朗宁

就像轮子上的狗,笼子里的鸟,或链子上的松鼠一样,雄心勃勃的人仍在不停地往上爬,付出了巨大的劳动和无尽的焦虑,却永远爬不到顶端。

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I have thought sometimes that the sanest people, the people who are just very balanced, very happy, are probably lower achieving than other people. My kind of irrationality happens to be fear or anxiety.

我有时想,最理智的人,那些非常平衡、非常快乐的人,可能比其他人的成就要低。我的非理性恰好是恐惧或焦虑。

True godliness does not turn men out of the world, but enables them to live better in it and excites their endeavors to mend it.

真正的敬虔并没有把人赶出这个世界,而是使他们能更好地生活在这个世界上,并激励他们努力去修补这个世界。

What else does anxiety about the future bring you but sorrow upon sorrow?

对未来的焦虑除了给你带来更多的悲伤,还能给你带来什么呢?

Men. You can't live with them, you can't shoot them.

男人。你不能和他们生活在一起,你不能射杀他们。