Men weary as much of not doing the things they want to do as of doing the things they do not want to do.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

人们对不去做他们想做的事和做他们不想做的事同样感到厌倦。

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That justice should be administered between men, it is necessary that testimonies of fact be alleged; and that witnesses should apprehend themselves greatly obliged to discover the truth, according to their conscience, in dark and doubtful cases.

司法应在人与人之间进行,有必要指控事实的证词;证人应该理解,他们有很大的责任,根据他们的良心,在黑暗和可疑的案件中发现真相。

While I was doing stand-up, I thought I knew for sure that success meant getting everyone to like me. So I became whoever I thought people wanted me to be. I'd say yes when I wanted to say no, and I even wore a few dresses.

当我在做单口相声时,我想我肯定成功意味着让每个人都喜欢我。所以我成为了人们想让我成为的那个人。当我想说“不”的时候我会说“是”,我甚至还穿了几件衣服。

That's when the great stuff happens, when you're not checking yourself all the time, being critical of yourself and what other people are doing.

这是伟大的事情发生的时候,当你不总是检查自己,对自己和别人所做的事情吹毛求疵的时候。

No one will ever shine in conversation, who thinks of saying fine things: to please, one must say many things indifferent, and many very bad.

在谈话中,凡是想说好听的话的人,是不会有出彩的。要使人高兴,就得说许多无关紧要的话,说许多极坏的话。

The easier things are to buy, the more we consume.

买的东西越容易,我们的消费就越多。

Men! The only animal in the world to fear.

男人!世界上唯一害怕的动物。