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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Every good painter who aspires to the creation of genuine masterpieces should first of all marry my wife.

每一个想要创作真正杰作的好画家,首先都应该娶我的妻子。

Seize the day. Well, I aspire to that anyway.

把握今天。无论如何,我渴望那样。