The richness of the world, all artificial pleasures, have the taste of sickness and give off a smell of death in the face of certain spiritual possessions.

  • -- Georges Rouault 卢奥

世界的丰富性,所有人为的快乐,都有病态的味道,在面对某些精神财富时散发出死亡的气息。

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In this world, which is so plainly the antechamber of another, there are no happy men. The true division of humanity is between those who live in light and those who live in darkness. Our aim must be to diminish the number of the latter and increase.

在这个显然是另一个世界的前厅的世界上,没有幸福的人。人类真正的划分是在那些生活在光明中的人和那些生活在黑暗中的人之间。我们的目标必须是减少和增加后者的数目。

Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave differ from his master, but by chance?

根据同样的原则,人也不能被看作是财产中的土地、货物或房屋。所有的财产都应低于其拥有者是必要的。但是奴隶和主人有什么不同呢?

There is nothing besides a spiritual world; what we call the world of the senses is the Evil in the spiritual world, and what we call Evil is only the necessity of a moment in our eternal evolution.

除了属灵的世界,没有别的;我们所称的感官世界是精神世界中的邪恶,而我们所称的邪恶只是我们永恒进化中某一时刻的必然。

A person knows when they’re in darkness, even when they can’t see.

一个人在黑暗中,即使看不见,也知道自己在黑暗中。

I've spent too much time giving speeches, traveling the world.

我花了太多时间演讲,周游世界。

Culture and possessions, there is the bourgeoisie for you.

文化和财产,有资产阶级为你。