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Though men are apt to flatter and exalt themselves with their great achievements, yet these are, in truth, very often owing not so much to design as chance.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世，罗切福科公爵

尽管人们倾向于用自己的伟大成就来奉承和抬高自己，但事实上，这些成就往往更多地是由于机遇，而不是计划。

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The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else; it is a mainspring of human activity - designed largely to avoid the fatality of death, to overcome it by denying in some way that it is the final destiny of man.

死亡的念头，对死亡的恐惧，在人类的动物身上是绝无仅有的;它是人类活动的一个主要动力- -主要是为了避免死亡的必然性，通过以某种方式否认死亡是人类的最终命运来克服死亡。

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The guy comes up to the plate, there's always a chance where he can get a grand slam and everybody forgets about all the times he missed.

这个家伙来到本垒板前，总有机会获得大满贯，而每个人都忘记了他错过的所有时间。

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I did not direct my life. I didn't design it. I never made decisions. Things always came up and made them for me. That's what life is.

我没有指导我的生活。不是我设计的。我从不做决定。事情总是为我而生。这就是生活。

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Men who do not make advances to women are apt to become victims to women who make advances to them

不向女人献殷勤的男人很容易成为向他们献殷勤的女人的牺牲品

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The only way to find true happiness is to risk being completely cut open.

找到真正幸福的唯一方法就是冒着被完全割裂的风险。

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Perfection has one grave defect: it is apt to be dull.

完美有一个严重的缺点:它容易沉闷。

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