Men are much oftener thrown on their knees by the melancholy than by the agreeable passions.

  • -- David Hume 大卫休姆

人们往往是被忧郁所压倒,而不是被愉快的激情所压倒。

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For drink, there was beer which was very strong when not mingled with water, but was agreeable to those who were used to it. They drank this with a reed, out of the vessel that held the beer, upon which they saw the barley swim.

有一种啤酒,不掺水的时候味道很浓,但喝惯了的人都喜欢喝。他们看见大麦浮在其上,就拿著苇子,从盛酒的器皿里拿出来喝。

Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.

文学是忽视生活最令人愉快的方式。