Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

-- William Cowper 威廉·考珀

人的每一步行动都是理性的，然而他却走错了路，而由本能引导的更卑鄙的东西很少会误入歧途。

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When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.

当我想要表现出人们能够做到的那种卑鄙的时候，为了让它可信，我发现我必须把它说得温和一些。在现实生活中，人们总是太过分了。

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Fashion is a language. Some know it, some learn it, some never will - like an instinct.

时尚是一种语言。有些人知道它，有些人学习它，有些人永远不会——就像本能一样。

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The herd instinct among forecasters makes sheep look like independent thinkers.

预测者的羊群本能让羊看起来像是独立的思考者。

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