The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

存在的目的就是要调和我们对自己的强烈看法和别人对我们的可怕看法。

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Few people are capable of expressing with equanimity opinions which differ from the prejudices of their social environment. Most people are even incapable of forming such opinions.

很少有人能够平静地表达不同于社会环境偏见的观点。大多数人甚至无法形成这样的观点。

The cinema is an institution nowadays, with its roots sunk deep in the hearts of the millions of people who find enjoyment and entertainment in going to the pictures.

电影是当今的一种制度,它深深扎根于数百万人的心中,他们从电影中找到乐趣和娱乐。

To be human is to keep rattling the bars of the cage of existence, hollering, 'What's it for?'

做一个人,就是不停地摇动着生存之笼的铁栏门,大声喊道:“这是干什么用的?”

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

要摧毁一种流行的观点需要很长时间。

Some people aren't worth crying for.

有些人不值得为之哭泣。