Absence extinguishes small passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out a candle, and blows in a fire.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

匮乏压抑了人的一些小欲望而强化了重大的欲望,就像风吹灭蜡烛而熊熊燃烧一样。

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The deeper the experience of an absence of meaning - in other words, of absurdity - the more energetically meaning is sought.

缺乏意义的经历越深——换句话说,荒谬的经历越深——人们就越积极地寻求意义。

Freedom in general may be defined as the absence of obstacles to the realization of desires.

一般来说,自由可以被定义为实现愿望没有障碍。