There is no explanation for evil. It must be looked upon as a necessary part of the order of the universe. To ignore it is childish, to bewail it senseless.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

邪恶是无法解释的。它必须被视为宇宙秩序的必要组成部分。忽视它是幼稚的,为它毫无意义地哭泣。

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Send forth the child and childish man together, and blush for the pride that libels our own old happy state, and gives its title to an ugly and distorted image.

把孩子和孩子气的人一起送出去吧,你要为你的骄傲而脸红,因为你的骄傲诽谤了我们过去的幸福,把它的名字赋予了一个丑陋而扭曲的形象。

When I was five years old, my parents gave me a magic chest. I learned to cast spells, although of a childish kind, before I had learned to read and write.

当我五岁的时候,我的父母给了我一个神奇的箱子。我还没有学会读和写,就学会了念咒语,虽然是幼稚的咒语。