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Our desires always disappoint us; for though we meet with something that gives us satisfaction, yet it never thoroughly answers our expectation.

  • -- Elbert Hubbard 埃尔伯特·哈伯德

我们的欲望总是使我们失望;因为虽然我们遇到了一些让我们满意的事情，但它从来没有完全满足我们的期望。

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So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

我们生活中太多的时间都花在考虑自己的缺点上，以至于没有时间去改善我们想象中的优点。事实上，我们只是在完善我们的罪恶，人死后比出生时更坏。

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We are not at peace with others because we are not at peace with ourselves, and we are not at peace with ourselves because we are not at peace with God.

我们与他人不和睦，是因为我们与自己不和睦;我们与自己不和睦，是因为我们与上帝不和睦。

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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.

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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I've never killed a man, but I've read many an obituary with a great deal of satisfaction.

我从未杀过人，但我读过许多讣告，感到心满意足。

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