Idle people are often bored and bored people, unless they sleep a lot, are cruel. It is not accident that boredom and cruelty are great preoccupations in our time.

  • -- Renata Adler 雷纳塔·阿德勒

懒惰的人往往是无聊的,无聊的人,除非他们睡得多,是残酷的。在我们这个时代,无聊和残酷是人们最关心的事情,这并非偶然。

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There is an idea abroad among moral people that they should make their neighbors good. One person I have to make good: Myself. But my duty to my neighbor is much more nearly expressed by saying that I have to make him happy if I may.

有道德的人们普遍认为应该善待邻居。我必须让一个人变得优秀:我自己。但是,我对邻居的责任更接近于通过说,如果可能的话,我必须让他幸福来表达。

I went with agnosticism for a long, long time because I just hated to say I was an atheist - being an atheist seemed so rigid. But the more I became comfortable with the word, and the more I read, it started to stick.

在很长一段时间里,我一直信奉不可知论,因为我只是不愿意说我是一个无神论者——作为一个无神论者似乎太死板了。但我对这个词越熟悉,读得越多,它就越能让我接受。

Today it's almost impossible to do it unless you are an actress or writer with power... I wouldn't hesitate right this minute to hire a talented woman if the subject matter were right.

今天,你几乎不可能做到这一点,除非你是一个有权力的演员或作家……如果主题正确,我现在就会毫不犹豫地聘用一位有才华的女性。

I'm shocked at being recognized. You go to places you don't think you would be and still, you are. Taxi drivers often recognise me... but I haven't got a free ride yet.

我被认出来感到震惊。你去了一些你认为你不会去的地方,但你还是去了。出租车司机经常认出我……但是我还没有免费乘车。

People are constantly clamoring for the joy of life. As for me, I find the joy of life in the hard and cruel battle of life - to learn something is a joy to me.

人们不断地要求生活的乐趣。对我来说,我在生活的艰苦和残酷的战斗中找到了生活的乐趣——学习对我来说是一种乐趣。

The failure of world leaders to act on the critical issue of global warming is often blamed on economic considerations.

世界各国领导人未能在全球变暖这一关键问题上采取行动,往往被归咎于经济方面的考虑。

Virtuous people often revenge themselves for the constraints to which they submit by the boredom which they inspire.

有道德的人常常为他们所受的约束和他们所激发的无聊而报复自己。

Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it.

分析幽默就像解剖一只青蛙。很少有人对此感兴趣,青蛙因此而死。

It is not time for mirth and laughter, the cold, gray dawn of the morning after.

这不是欢乐和欢笑的时候,在寒冷、灰暗的黎明之后。

I have a great belief in not doing anything unless I'm passionate about it.

我坚信,除非我对某件事充满激情,否则我什么都不做。

He who seeks rest finds boredom. He who seeks work finds rest.

寻求休息的人感到无聊。找工作的人得到休息。

Aristocracy is always cruel.

贵族总是残忍的。