A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
欲望
Desire
Liars share with those they deceive the desire not to be deceived.
说谎者和被说谎者一样,都有不被欺骗的欲望。
Desire is a great virtue, but expectation is an even greater vice.
欲望是一种美德,而期望是一种更大的罪恶。
To be forced by desire into any unwarrantable belief is a calamity.
被欲望所迫而产生任何不可理喻的信仰是一种灾难。
I love being physical, but I don't have any desire to prove myself.
我喜欢身体接触,但我没有任何想要证明自己的欲望。
The desire for security must be balanced with our regard for liberty.
对安全的渴望必须与我们对自由的尊重相平衡。
We grow like flowers, and bear desire, The odor of the human flowers.
我们像花朵一样成长,并承受着欲望,人类花朵的气味。
We always long for the forbidden things, and desire what is denied us.
我们总是渴望被禁止的东西,渴望被拒绝的东西。
The stroke of death is as a lover's pinch, which hurts and is desired.
死亡的打击就像爱人的钳子,让人感到疼痛和渴望。
When two agree in their desire, One sparke will set them both on fire.
当两个人的愿望一致时,一个火花就能把他们都点燃。
Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.
你立定心意的时候,要谨慎,因为这心意必属你。
When you do portraits professionally it's not a desire, it's for money.
当你专业地拍摄肖像时,这不是一种欲望,而是为了钱。
The man never feels the want of what it never occurs to him to ask for.
人从来不会觉得想要什么就想要什么。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
love: The irresistable desire to be irresistibly desired.
爱:对无法抗拒的欲望的不可抗拒的渴望。
A desire arises in the mind. It is satisfied immediately another comes. In the interval which separates two desires a perfect calm reigns in the mind. It is at this moment freed from all thought, love or hate. Complete peace equally reigns between two mental waves.
一种欲望在心中升起。它立刻满足于另一个到来。在分离两种欲望的间隙里,一种完全平静的心境支配着我们的心灵。在这一刻,它从所有的思想、爱或恨中解脱出来。完全的和平同样统治着两个精神波之间。
The desire that I may have no desire is itself a desire.
我可能没有欲望的欲望本身就是欲望。
If you desire many things, many things will seem few.
如果你想要很多东西,很多东西看起来就会很少。
Success - keeping your mind awake and your desire asleep.
成功——保持清醒的头脑和沉睡的欲望。
Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say.
一个作家对小说艺术或工艺的了解,只会使他对写作的需要或欲望减少一点点。最后他知道了所有的诀窍,却无话可说。