It is old age, rather than death, that is to be contrasted with life. Old age is life’s parody, whereas death transforms life into a destiny.

  • -- Simone de Beauvoir 西蒙·德波伏瓦

与生命相对的是老年,而不是死亡。老年是对生命的戏仿,而死亡把生命变成了命运。

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He had come to that time in his life (it varies for every man) when a human being gives himself over to his demon or to his genius, according to a mysterious law which orders him either to destroy or to surpass himself.

在他的一生中(每个人的情况都不一样),他来到了这样一个时代:根据一条神秘的法则,一个人要么把自己交给他的魔鬼,要么交给他的天才,这条法则命令他要么毁灭自己,要么超越自己。

Growing old is more like a bad habit which a busy man has no time to form.

变老更像是一个忙碌的人没有时间养成的坏习惯。