Those who seek to satisfy the mind of man by hampering it with ceremonies and music and affecting charity and devotion have lost their original nature.

  • -- Zhuangzi 庄子

那些试图用仪式和音乐来阻碍人类的思想,影响慈善和奉献来满足人类思想的人已经失去了他们的本性。

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Even if the whole earth and sea were turned to gold, they could hardly satisfy the avarice of a woman... You can more easily scratch a diamond with your fingernail than you can by any human ingenuity get a woman to consent to giving any of her savings.

即使整个大地和大海都变成金子,也无法满足一个女人的贪婪……用指甲刮钻石比用人类的聪明才智让一个女人同意捐出她的积蓄要容易得多。

We have the right as individuals to give away as much of our own money as we please in charity; but as members of Congress we have no right to appropriate a dollar of the public money.

作为个人,我们有权在慈善事业中随心所欲地捐出自己的钱;但是,作为国会议员,我们无权挪用一美元的公款。

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想,他一定会抛弃上帝,在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。

The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed.

认为一个人可以从他或她成功的工作中获得满足,因为他或她的工作是巧妙的,美丽的,或者仅仅是令人愉快的,这种想法已经被嘲笑了。

When I got signed, I wanted to be involved in a charity, but it was hard because I didn't know which problems to start with.

当我签约时,我想参与慈善事业,但这很难,因为我不知道该从哪些问题开始。

It terrified me to have an idea that was solely mine to be no longer a part of my mind, but totally public.

一个完全属于我的想法不再是我思想的一部分,而是完全公开,这让我感到恐惧。

We never, ever in the history of mankind have had access to so much information so quickly and so easily.

在人类历史上,我们从来没有,从来没有这样快,这样容易地获得这么多的信息。

I was nine years old when I made up my mind that that was what I definitely wanted to do.

当我九岁的时候,我就下定决心,那就是我绝对想做的事情。

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

我已经活了足够长的时间来满足自然和荣耀。

As an actor, I was just satisfied to work.

作为一名演员,我对工作很满意。