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The puritan hated bear baiting, not because it gave pain to the bear, but because it gave pleasure to the spectators.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

清教徒憎恨熊的引诱，不是因为它给熊带来痛苦，而是因为它给观众带来快乐。

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I still get enormous pleasure and a sense of fulfillment out of writing a book that I'm proud of. I see myself as a bit like a jewel-maker who can sit back and admire his work.

我仍然从写一本书中获得巨大的快乐和成就感，我为此感到自豪。我觉得自己有点像一个能坐下来欣赏自己作品的珠宝商。

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What has influenced my life more than any other What makes old age hard to bear is not the failing of one's faculties, mental and physical, but the burden of one's memories.

对我的生活影响最大的不是一个人的智力和身体的衰退，而是一个人的记忆的负担。

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He that raises a large family does, indeed, while he lives to observe them, stand a broader mark for sorrow; but then he stands a broader mark for pleasure too.

养育一个大家庭的人，在他活着观察他们的时候，确实代表着更广泛的悲哀;但随后，他在快乐方面也取得了更大的成就。

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Loneliness expresses the pain of being alone and solitude expresses the glory of being alone.

孤独是孤独的痛苦，孤独是孤独的荣耀。

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Numbing the pain for a while will make it worse when you finally feel it.

让疼痛麻木一段时间，当你最终感觉到它的时候，它会变得更糟。

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Bear bile can easily and cheaply be replaced by herbs and by synthetics.

熊胆很容易被草药和合成药物取代，而且成本低廉。

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