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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

人类存在的基本事实不是悲剧，而是无聊。与其说这是一场战争，不如说这是一场无休止的排队等待。

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I do have a sense of displacement as constant instability - the uninterrupted existence of everything that I love and care about is not guaranteed at all. I wait for catastrophes.

我确实有一种流离失所的感觉，那是一种持续的不稳定——我所热爱和关心的一切都不受干扰地存在着，这一点根本得不到保证。我等待灾难。

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It is the tragedy of the world that no one knows what he doesn’t know; and the less a man knows, the more sure he is that he knows everything.

这是世界的悲剧，没有人知道他不知道什么;一个人知道的越少，他就越确信自己知道一切。

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A dwarf standing on the shoulders of a giant may see farther than a giant himself.

站在巨人肩膀上的侏儒比巨人看得远。

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There is simply the rose; it is perfect in every moment of its existence.

只有玫瑰;它存在的每一刻都是完美的。

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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

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Tragedy is a literary concept.

悲剧是一个文学概念。

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