As Plotinus tells us, we elected the body, the parents, the place, and the circumstances that suited the soul and that, as the myth says, belongs to its necessity.

  • -- James Hillman 詹姆斯·希尔曼

正如普罗提努斯告诉我们的,我们选择了适合灵魂的身体、父母、地点和环境,正如神话所说,这些都属于灵魂的需要。

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If you take myth and folklore, and these things that speak in symbols, they can be interpreted in so many ways that although the actual image is clear enough, the interpretation is infinitely blurred, a sort of enormous rainbow of every possible colour you could imagine.

如果你把神话和民间传说,以及这些用符号来表达的东西,它们可以用很多方式来解释,尽管实际的图像足够清晰,但解释是无限模糊的,就像你能想象的各种颜色的巨大彩虹。

The man in gray decided to take the Glen Suite of diamonds at midnight. Provided they were still in the apartment safe and the occupants away. This he needed to know. So he watched and he waited. At half past seven he was rewarded.

那个穿灰色衣服的人决定在午夜时分拿走格伦的一套钻石。前提是他们还在公寓里,安全无恙,而且居住者不在。这一点他需要知道。所以他观察着,等待着。七点半他得到了奖赏。

There is a lot of stuff now that is in bad taste, and I don't see the necessity for it all. We didn't have to do it in our time, and they don't have to do it now.

现在有很多东西味道很差,我不认为有必要全部买下来。我们没必要在我们那个时代这么做,他们也没必要现在这么做。

The great enemy of the truth is very often not the lie -- deliberate, contrived and dishonest -- but the myth -- persistent, persuasive and unrealistic

真相的最大敌人往往不是谎言——故意的、做作的、不诚实的——而是神话——持久的、有说服力的、不切实际的

As soon as you set foot on a yacht you belong to some man, not to yourself, and you die of boredom.

一旦你踏上游艇,你就属于某个男人,而不是你自己,你就会死于无聊。

A budget tells us what we can't afford, but it doesn't keep us from buying it.

预算告诉我们什么是我们负担不起的,但它不会阻止我们购买它。

It belongs to human nature to hate those you have injured.

恨你所伤害的人是人的本性。

A man never tells you anything until you contradict him.

一个人永远不会告诉你任何事,除非你反驳他。

There ought to be a law against necessity

应该有一条反必要性的法律