There is no passion in the mind of man so weak, but it mates and masters the fear of death. And therefore death is no such terrible enemy, when a man hath so many attendants about him that can win the combat of him. Revenge triumphs over death; love slights it ; honour aspireth to it ; grief flieth to it.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

人的头脑中没有一种激情是如此的脆弱,但它却能与死亡的恐惧交配并驾驭它。因此,当一个人身边有那么多可以战胜他的随从时,死亡就不是那么可怕的敌人了。复仇战胜死亡;爱轻视它;尊荣追求它;悲伤会随之而来。

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Why shouldn't rap be esoteric, able to take in current events, history and criticism? I guess it's this old idea of containment - that rappers, because they're black, can't and shouldn't aspire to look outside the ghetto for influence.

说唱为什么不应该是深奥的,能够接受时事、历史和批评?我想这是一种古老的遏制思想——说唱歌手,因为他们是黑人,不能也不应该渴望从贫民区之外寻求影响。

Many people genuinely do not want to be saints, and it is probable that some who achieve or aspire to sainthood have never felt much temptation to be human beings.

许多人真的不想成为圣人,而且很有可能,一些达到或渴望成为圣人的人从来没有感受到成为人类的诱惑。