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本质
Essence
Nonfiction speaks to the head. Fiction speaks to the heart. Poetry speaks to the soul. It's the essence of beauty. The essence of pain. It pleases the eye and the ear.
非小说类作品与头脑对话。小说能打动人心。诗歌与灵魂对话。这是美的本质。痛苦的本质。它使人赏心悦目。
True humor springs not more from the head than from the heart. It is not contempt; its essence is love. It issues not in laughter, but in still smiles, which lie far deeper.
真正的幽默不是来自头脑，而是来自内心。这不是轻蔑;它的本质是爱。它不是在笑声中产生的，而是在深沉得多的微笑中产生的。
For books are more than books, they are the life, the very heart and core of ages past, the reason why men lived and worked and died, the essence and quintessence of their lives.
因为书不仅仅是书，它们是生命，是过去时代的核心和核心，是人类生存、工作和死亡的原因，是他们生命的本质和精髓。
The essence of morality is a questioning about morality; and the decisive move of human life is to use ceaselessly all light to look for the origin of the opposition between good and evil.
道德的本质是对道德的质疑;而人类生命的决定性行动就是不断地利用一切光明来寻找善与恶对立的根源。
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沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Love is something eternal; the aspect may change, but not the essense.
爱是永恒的;外表可能改变，但本质永远不变。
Ingratitude is the essence of vileness.
忘恩负义是卑劣的本质。
Although you appear in earthly form. Your essence is pure Consciousness. You are the fearless guardian of Divine Light.
虽然你以地球的形式出现。你的本质是纯粹的意识。你是神圣之光无畏的守护者。
The essence of justice is mercy.
正义的本质是仁慈。
The very essence of leadership is that you have to have vision. You can't blow an uncertain trumpet.
领导的本质是你必须有远见。你不能吹响不确定的号角。