At twenty a man is a peacock, at thirty a lion, at forty a camel, at fifty a serpent, at sixty a dog, at seventy an ape, at eighty a nothing at all.

  • -- Baltasar Gracián 巴尔塔萨尔·格雷西

二十岁时是孔雀,三十岁时是狮子,四十岁时是骆驼,五十岁时是蛇,六十岁时是狗,七十岁时是猿,八十岁时什么都不是。

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The grief of the keen is no personal complaint for the death of one woman over eighty years, but seems to contain the whole passionate rage that lurks somewhere in every native of the island.

敏锐的人的悲痛并不是对一个女人八十多年的死亡的个人抱怨,而是包含了潜藏在岛上每一个本地人身上的全部激情的愤怒。

Of one hundred persons who take up the spiritual life, eighty turn out to be charlatans, fifteen insane, and only five, maybe, get a glimpse of the real truth. Therefore beware.

在一百个从事精神生活的人当中,有八十人是江湖骗子,十五人是疯子,也许只有五个人能看到真正的真相。因此要小心。

So long as man is protected by madness - he functions - and flourishes.

只要人类受到疯狂的保护——他发挥作用——繁荣昌盛。

I never hated a man enough to give him diamonds back.

我从来没有恨到把钻石还给他的程度。