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Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

  • -- Thomas Szasz 托马斯·萨斯

成年期是童年和老年之间不断缩小的时期。现代工业社会的明显目标是把这段时期减少到最低限度。

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There is poetry even in prose, in all the great prose which is not merely utilitarian or didactic: there exist poets who write in prose or at least in more or less apparent prose; millions of poets write verses which have no connection with poetry.

甚至在散文中也有诗歌，在所有伟大的散文中，不仅仅是功利主义的或说教的，也有诗人用散文写作，或至少用或多或少明显的散文;数以百万计的诗人写的诗与诗歌无关。

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You think that adulthood will hit and you'll suddenly be more capable. But that doesn't happen, ever, does it?

你认为成年后你会突然变得更有能力。但这从来不会发生，不是吗?

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It was a perfectly average well- adjusted childhood, not a bit unlike that of millions of other individuals.

这是一个完全平均的、适应良好的童年，与其他数百万人的童年没有一点不同。

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But an old age serene and bright, and lovely as a Lapland night, shall lead thee to thy grave.

但是，一个安祥、光明、可爱得像拉普兰的夜晚的老年，将把你领到你的坟墓里去。

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I've always despised old people. I got angry at my father when he began to show signs of age.

我一向看不起老年人。当我父亲开始显出衰老的迹象时，我很生他的气。

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Like most misery, it started with apparent happiness.

和大多数痛苦一样，它开始于明显的幸福。

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I never had a true childhood.

我从来没有真正的童年。

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Adults are obsolete children.

成年人是过时的孩子。

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