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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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In all three cases, and for most human beings, the problem of suffering poses no difficult problem at all: one has a world picture in which suffering has its place, a world picture that takes suffering into account.

在所有这三种情况下，对大多数人来说，痛苦的问题根本不构成困难的问题:人们有一幅世界图景，其中有痛苦的位置，一幅考虑到痛苦的世界图景。

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Nothing is easier than the expenditure of public money. It doesn't appear to belong to anyone. The temptation is overwhelming to bestow it on somebody.

没有什么比公共开支更容易的了。它似乎不属于任何人。把它送给别人的诱惑是压倒性的。

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I believe entertainment can aspire to be art, and can become art, but if you set out to make art you're an idiot.

我相信娱乐可以立志成为艺术，也可以成为艺术，但如果你一开始就想做艺术，那你就是个白痴。

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Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries.

几个世纪以来，人类一直在思考灵感和疯狂之间的关系。

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Temptation wrings integrity even as the thumbscrew twists a man's fingers.

诱惑扭曲正直，就像拇指螺丝扭曲一个人的手指一样。

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We need to become energy independent or at least aspire to that.

我们需要实现能源独立，或者至少是追求能源独立。

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