The pains of disconcerted or frustrated habits, and the inherent pleasure there is in following them, are motives which nature has put into our wills without generally caring to inform us why; and she sometimes decrees, indeed, that her reasons shall not be ours.

  • -- Chauncey Wright 他的学生赖特

习惯所带来的痛苦,以及遵循习惯所带来的内在乐趣,都是大自然赋予我们意志的动机,通常我们并不在意为什么要这样做;她有时甚至命令说,她的理由决不是我们的。

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The trouble with always trying to preserve the health of the body is that it is so difficult to do without destroying the health of the mind

总是试图保持身体健康的问题在于,在不破坏精神健康的情况下,很难做到这一点

My type of humor is me not caring whether people know what I'm talking about or not.

我的幽默类型是不在乎别人是否知道我在说什么。

An actress must never lose her ego - without it she has no talent.

一个女演员决不能失去她的自尊——没有自尊,她就没有才华。

Learn the duty as well as taste the pleasure of original work.

学习责任,品味原创的乐趣。

Too oft is transient pleasure the source of long woes.

短暂的快乐往往是长期痛苦的根源。