Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

许多人真的不想成为圣人,而且很有可能,一些达到或渴望成为圣人的人从来没有感受到成为人类的诱惑。

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There is a huge difference between journalism and advertising. Journalism aspires to truth. Advertising is regulated for truth. I'll put the accuracy of the average ad in this country up against the average news story any time.

新闻和广告之间有很大的区别。新闻追求真理。广告是为了真理而被管制的。我将把这个国家平均广告的准确性与平均新闻报道的准确性进行比较。

I think that, in almost all human beings, there is buried a profound tribal instinct that makes us very susceptible to being aroused to patriotic fervour.

我认为,在几乎所有的人身上,都埋藏着一种深刻的部落本能,这种本能使我们很容易被激起爱国热情。

Marriage is popular because it combines the maximum of temptation with the maximum of opportunity.

婚姻之所以受欢迎,是因为它结合了最大的诱惑和最大的机会。

What we earnestly aspire to be, that in some sense we are.

从某种意义上说,我们真正渴望成为的是什么。

Lead me not into temptation; I can find the way myself.

不要叫我遇见试探。我自己能找到路。

Human beings are so depressing.

人类是如此令人沮丧。