Men fear death as children fear to go in the dark; and as that natural fear in children is increased by tales, so is the other.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

人怕死,正如孩子怕黑;当孩子们天生的恐惧因故事而增加时,另一种恐惧也随之增加。

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Sometimes I think that the biggest difference between men and women is that more men need to seek out some terrible lurking thing in existence and hurl themselves upon it. Women know where it lives but they can let it alone.

有时候我觉得男人和女人最大的区别就是更多的男人需要去寻找一些存在的可怕的潜伏的东西,然后投入其中。女人知道它住在哪里,但她们可以不去管它。

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

男人把友谊像足球一样踢来踢去,但它似乎不会破裂。女人把它当玻璃一样对待,它就会破碎。