It seems difficult, sometimes, to believe that there was a time when sentiments now become habitual, sentiments that imply not only the original imperative of conduct, but the original metaphysic of living, were by no means altogether habitual.

  • -- Lascelles Abercrombie 阿伯克龙比激光束

有时,我们似乎很难相信,在过去的某个时期,情感已成为习惯,这种习惯不仅包含着行为的原始规定性,而且还包含着生活的原始形而上学。

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The scariest thought in the world is that someday I'll wake up and realize I've been sleepwalking through my life: underappreciating the people I love, making the same hurtful mistakes over and over, a slave to neuroses, fear, and the habitual.

世界上最可怕的想法是,有一天我会醒来,发现自己一直在梦游:低估我爱的人,一遍又一遍地犯同样伤人的错误,成为神经病、恐惧和习惯性行为的奴隶。

If those committed to the quest fail, they will be forgiven. When lost, they will find another way. The moral imperative of humanism is the endeavor alone, whether successful or not, provided the effort is honorable and failure memorable.

如果那些致力于探索的人失败了,他们将被原谅。当他们迷路时,他们会找到另一条路。人文主义的道德使命是单独的努力,无论成功与否,只要努力是光荣的,失败是难忘的。

I have sometimes been haunted with the idea that it was an imperative duty, knowing what I know, and having seen what I have seen, to do all that lies in my power to show the dangers and the evils of this frightful institution.

我有时总有这样一种想法:既然知道我所知道的,也看到了我所看到的,那么尽我的力量去揭露这个可怕的机构的危险和罪恶,是我义不容承的责任。

We live in a time when there dawns upon us a realization that the people on the other side of the mountain are not made up exclusively of redheaded devils responsible for all the evil on this side of the mountain.

我们生活在这样一个时代,我们突然意识到山的另一边的人并不完全是由红发恶魔组成的,他们要对山这边的所有罪恶负责。

It's with bad sentiments that one makes good novels.

一个人只有怀着不好的感情才能写出好小说。

I use very few muscles at the best of times.

即使在最好的情况下,我也很少用到肌肉。