All happiness or unhappiness solely depends upon the quality of the object to which we are attached by love.

  • -- Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎

所有的幸福或不幸都完全取决于我们所爱之物的性质。

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On the one hand, shopping is dependable: You can do it alone, if you lose your heart to something that is wrong for you, you can return it; it's instant gratification and yet something you buy may well last for years.

一方面,购物是可靠的:你可以一个人去购物,如果你对不适合自己的东西失去信心,你可以退货;这是即时的满足,但你买的东西可能会持续多年。

I have seen how effective language attached to policies that are mainstream and delivered by people who are passionate and effective can change the course of history.

我已经看到,与主流政策相关联的有效语言,以及那些充满激情、卓有成效的人所提出的政策,能够改变历史的进程。

I don't want to become unhealthily attached to what I do. I'm grateful for what I do, but I also want to be able to be OK when I'm not doing it.

我不想不健康地依附于我所做的事情。我很感激我所做的一切,但我也想在我不做的时候也能过得很好。

No family should have to depend on the labor of its children to put food on the table and no person should be forced to work in captivity.

任何家庭都不应依靠其子女的劳动来维持生计,也不应强迫任何人在囚禁中工作。

Be not afraid of greatness: some are born great, some achieve greatness, and some have greatness thrust upon them.

不要惧怕伟大:有些人生来伟大,有些人成就伟大,有些人被强加于伟大之上。

Virtue is simply happiness, and happiness is a by-product of function. You are happy when you are functioning.

美德就是幸福,幸福是功能的副产品。当你在工作时,你是快乐的。

My advice to you is get married: if you find a good wife you'll be happy; if not, you'll become a philosopher.

我给你的建议是结婚:如果你找到一个好妻子,你会很幸福;否则,你将成为哲学家。

It is not the quantity but the quality of knowledge which determines the mind's dignity.

决定心灵尊严的不是知识的数量,而是知识的质量。

One shining quality lends a lustre to another, or hides some glaring defect.

一种闪亮的品质会给另一种增添光彩,或者隐藏一些明显的缺陷。

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

除了传说,历史还能是什么?