He who has so little knowledge of human nature as to seek happiness by changing anything but his own disposition will waste his life in fruitless efforts.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

如果一个人对人性知之甚少,除了改变自己的性情之外,什么都不改变,只追求幸福,那么他的一生将浪费在徒劳的努力中。

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The trifle now inscribed with your name. was occasioned by a particular fact; but to the disgrace of human nature, the subject is sufficiently general to interest every heart not totally impenetrable.

那件刻着你名字的小玩意。是由一个特殊的事实引起的;但是,让人性蒙羞的是,这个话题的普遍性足以引起每一颗心的兴趣,而不是完全无法理解。

Shakespeare reveals human nature brilliantly: he shines a light on our instinctive desire to dominate each other.

莎士比亚精彩地揭示了人性:他照亮了我们本能地想要支配彼此的欲望。

The best thing you can do for the poor is..not be one of them.

你能为穷人做的最好的事是…不要成为他们中的一员。

Let the trials in your life guide you not define you.

让生活中的考验引导你,而不是定义你。