A man may be a pessimistic determinist before lunch and an optimistic believer in the will's freedom after it.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

一个人可能在午餐前是悲观的决定论者,午餐后是对自由意志的乐观信仰者。

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If you will call your troubles experiences, and remember that every experience develops some latent force within you, you will grow vigorous and happy, however adverse your circumstances may seem to be.

如果你把你的烦恼称为经历,并记住每一次经历都在你的内心发展出某种潜在的力量,你就会变得充满活力和快乐,不管你的环境看起来多么不利。

I had decided I wanted to write about food, and I knew the only way to do that is to speak with authority, which meant learning the language and knowing what that experience is like.

我决定要写关于食物的东西,我知道唯一的方法就是带着权威的口吻去写,这意味着我要学习这种语言,了解那种体验。

Between the optimist and the pessimist, the difference is droll. The optimist sees the doughnut; the pessimist the hole!

乐观主义者和悲观主义者之间的区别是可笑的。乐观者看到甜甜圈;悲观主义者的洞!

You hae been smelling the bung.

你一直在闻臭气。