A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自己
Himself
When he to whom one speaks does not understand, and he who speaks himself does not understand, that is metaphysics.
当一个人对他说话的人不理解，他自己也不理解时，这就是形而上学。
Art is the desire of a man to express himself, to record the reactions of his personality to the world he lives in.
艺术是一个人表达自己的欲望，记录他的个性对他所生活的世界的反应。
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。
The devil himself had probably redesigned Hell in the light of information he had gained from observing airport layouts.
根据他从观察机场布局中获得的信息，魔鬼自己可能已经重新设计了地狱。
The psychic task which a person can and must set for himself is not to feel secure, but to be able to tolerate insecurity.
一个人能够而且必须为自己设定的精神任务不是感到安全，而是能够容忍不安全。
Men like to squash you. I just want someone who's happy with himself, happy with his life. He doesn't have to squash mine.
男人喜欢压扁你。我只想要一个对自己满意的人，对自己的生活满意的人。他不需要压扁我的。
Affectation is a very good word when someone does not wish to confess to what he would none the less like to believe of himself.
当一个人不愿意承认他自己不愿意相信的事情时，装模作样是一个很好的词。
When he who hears does not know what he who speaks means, and when he who speaks does not know what he himself means, that is philosophy.
听的人不知道说的是什么意思，说的人不知道自己的意思，这就是哲学。
A man can make himself put down what comes, even if it seems nauseating nonsense; tomorrow some of it may not seem wholly nonsense at all.
一个人可以让自己放下即将发生的事情，即使它看起来是令人作呕的胡言乱语;明天，其中的一些可能看起来根本就不是无稽之谈。
For what is a man, what has he got? If not himself, then he has naught. To say the things he truly feels, and not the words of one who kneels.
人是什么，他拥有什么?如果不是他自己，那么他一无所有。说出他真正的感受，而不是一个跪着的人说的话。
An educated man is thoroughly inoculated against humbug, thinks for himself and tries to give his thoughts, in speech or on paper, some style.
一个受过教育的人是彻底预防欺诈的，为自己着想，并试图在演讲或纸上以某种方式表达自己的思想。
If a man be gloomy let him keep to himself. No one has the right to go croaking about society, or what is worse, looking as if he stifled grief.
如果一个人郁郁寡欢，就由他自己去好了。没有人有权利在社会上大声疾呼，更糟糕的是，他看起来像是在压抑悲伤。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
He who lives in harmony with himself lives in harmony with the world.
与自己和谐相处的人与世界和谐相处。
He who buys what he does not need steals from himself.
买了自己不需要的东西的人，是在偷自己的东西。
The poet enjoys the incomparable privilege of being able to be himself and others, as he wishes.
诗人享有无与伦比的特权，能够随心所欲地做自己和他人。
Man is a special being, and if left to himself, in an isolated condition, would be one of the weakest creatures; but associated with his kind, he works wonders.
人是一种特殊的存在，如果让他自己处于孤立的状态，他将是最弱小的生物之一;但与他的同类相联系，他创造了奇迹。
To him who knows to prosper and does it not, to him it is sin.
知道得亨通却不去行的，这人便为罪。