But the power of instruction is seldom of much efficacy, except in those happy dispositions where it is almost superfluous.

  • -- Edward Gibbon 爱德华·吉本

但是,教育的力量很少有多大作用,除非是在那些几乎是多余的快乐的性情中。

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Given that external reality is a fiction, the writer's role is almost superfluous. He does not need to invent the fiction because it is already there.

鉴于外部现实是虚构的,作者的角色几乎是多余的。他不需要虚构,因为小说已经存在了。

By temperament and disposition and emotions, I'm a liberal; but in my beliefs about what's best for the country, I'm a centrist.

从气质、气质和情感上讲,我是一个自由主义者;但在我对国家利益的信念中,我是一个中间派。

Nothing in human nature is so God-like as the disposition to do good to our fellow-creatures.

在人类的本性中,没有什么比向我们的同类行善的倾向更像上帝了。

It makes me happy to work. And it makes me a better mother to be a happy person.

工作使我快乐。做一个快乐的人会让我成为一个更好的母亲。

Pessimists are not boring. Pessimists are right. Pessimists are superfluous.

悲观主义者并不无聊。悲观主义者是正确的。悲观主义者是多余的。

I'm gonna be a character in a Happy Meal.

我要在快乐儿童餐里扮演一个角色。