A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
不满
Discontent
Now is the winter of our discontent.
现在是我们不满的冬天。
A man's discontent is his worst evil.
一个人的不满是他最大的罪恶。
The discontented man finds no easy chair.
那个不满的人找不到安乐椅。
Discontent is the first necessity of progress.
不满足是进步的第一需要。
Pretending you're fine when you're dying inside.
当你内心奄奄一息的时候,假装你很好。
Content makes poor men rich; discontent makes rich men poor.
知足使穷人富有;不知足使富人变穷。
Woman's discontent increases in exact proportion to her development.
女人的不满与她的成长成正比。
Who is not satisfied with himself will grow; who is not sure of his own correctness will learn many things.
对自己不满意的人会成长;不确定自己是否正确的人会学到很多东西。
Many openly show discontentment with their looks, but few with their intelligence. I, however, assure you there are many more plain minds than faces.
许多人对自己的外表公开表示不满,但很少有人对自己的智力表示不满。不过,我可以向你保证,头脑简单的人要比相貌平平的人多得多。
Unlimited economic growth has the marvelous quality of stilling discontent while maintaining privilege, a fact that has not gone unnoticed among liberal economists.
无限的经济增长具有一种神奇的品质,既能平息不满,又能保持特权,这一事实在自由派经济学家中并没有被忽视。
The mind is a machine that is constantly asking: What would I prefer? Close your eyes, refuse to move, and watch what your mind does. What it does is become discontent with that-which-is. A desire arises, you satisfy that desire, and another arises in its place.
大脑就像一台机器,不停地在问:我更喜欢什么?闭上眼睛,拒绝移动,观察你的思想在做什么。它所做的就是对现状感到不满。一个欲望产生了,你满足了那个欲望,另一个欲望在它的地方产生了。