When a man is discontented with himself, it has one advantage - that it puts him into an excellent frame of mind for making a bargain.

  • -- Laurence Sterne 劳伦斯·斯特恩

当一个人对自己不满意时,它有一个好处——它使他有一个很好的心态去做交易。

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That men should live honestly, quietly, and comfortably together, it is needful that they should live under a sense of God's will, and in awe of the divine power, hoping to please God, and fearing to offend Him, by their behaviour respectively.

人们应该诚实、安静、舒适地生活在一起,这是有必要的,他们应该生活在上帝的意志下,敬畏神的力量,希望取悦上帝,并害怕他们的行为分别冒犯他。

You will find the poet who wrings the heart of the world, or the foremost captain of his time, driving a bargain or paring a potato, just as you would do.

你会发现,诗人或他那个时代最重要的船长,就像你会做的那样,会讨价还价或削土豆皮。

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

并非所有人生来平等,而是应该像对待法律一样对待他们。

It's an even bargain one in which we both lose.

这是一个我们双方都输的公平交易。