It may easily come to pass that a vain man may become proud and imagine himself pleasing to all when he is in reality a universal nuisance.

  • -- Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎

虚荣的人很容易变得骄傲,以为自己讨所有人的喜欢,其实他是一个令人讨厌的人。

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Wanting to be in a Western film won't get me very far. Unless the opportunity arose, it doesn't matter how much I want to be in one. But if an opportunity did arise, no actor would pass it up.

想拍一部西部片不会让我走得太远。除非有机会,否则我有多想成为其中一员并不重要。但如果有机会出现,没有演员会拒绝。

He that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself; for every man has need to be forgiven.

不能原谅别人的人,就等于打破了自己必须跨过的桥;因为每个人都需要被原谅。

On the plus side, death is one of the few things that can be done as easily lying down.

从好的方面来说,死亡是少数几件躺下就能轻松完成的事情之一。

I think I've begun to take for granted how easily information can swirl around me.

我想我已经开始认为信息很容易就能在我周围传播。