There is a good case for showing that airplanes, machines, the telephone and the radio do not make men of today happier than those of former times.

  • -- Simone de Beauvoir 西蒙·德波伏瓦

有充分的理由表明,飞机、机器、电话和收音机并没有使今天的人们比过去的人们更幸福。

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I always say if I'm not good at something it's just because I've not had time to focus on it... it's just uncrafted, like a slab of rock that contains the statue of David within it.

我总是说,如果我不擅长某件事,那只是因为我没有时间去关注它……它只是未经雕琢,就像一块石头,里面有大卫的雕像。

Surely a long life must be somewhat tedious, since we are forced to call in so many trifling things to help rid us of our time, which will never return.

当然,漫长的一生一定会有些乏味,因为我们不得不召唤这么多琐碎的事情来帮助我们打发时间,而我们的时间是永远不会回来的。