But reason always cuts a poor figure beside sentiment; the one being essentially restricted, like everything that is positive, while the other is infinite.

  • -- Honoré de Balzac 尊敬的巴尔扎克

但是理智和感情相比,总是显得微不足道;一个本质上是受限的,就像所有正的东西一样,而另一个是无限的。

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I just want to be able to sit on grass as long as I want to, without anybody telling me to leave. Everything is so restricted, here, in that you actually have to stand behind a line, you can't go up the Canyon and enjoy the view.

我只是想坐在草地上,想坐多久就坐多久,没有人叫我离开。在这里,一切都受到了限制,你必须站在队伍后面,你不能爬上峡谷欣赏风景。

Habituated from our Infancy to trample upon the Rights of Human Nature, every generous, every liberal Sentiment, if not extinguished, is enfeebled in our Minds.

我们从小就习惯于践踏人性的权利,每一种慷慨、每一种自由的感情,如果没有熄灭,也会在我们的头脑中衰弱下去。

The great model of the affection of love in human beings is the sentiment which subsists between parents and children.

人类爱情的伟大典范是存在于父母和孩子之间的情感。

Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the universe.

有两件事是无限的:宇宙和人类的愚蠢;我对宇宙也不是很确定。

The only kind of universe that I can even begin to conceive is an inconceivable one.

我唯一能想象的宇宙是一个不可思议的宇宙。

I was never restricted. I was never told what to do.

我从不受限制。从来没有人告诉我该做什么。