Funeral pomp is more for the vanity of the living than for the honor of the dead.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

葬礼的盛况与其说是为了死者的荣誉,不如说是为了生者的虚荣心。

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It is absolutely imperative that we protect, preserve and pass on this genetic heritage for man and every other living thing in as good a condition as we received it.

我们绝对有必要保护、保存和传承这种基因遗产,使人类和所有其他生物都能像我们所接受的那样保持良好的状态。

What the devil is the point of surviving, going on living, when it's a drag? But you see, that's what people do.

活下去到底有什么意义,活下去又有什么意义?但你看,人们就是这么做的。

A multitude of executions discredits a king, as a multitude of funerals a doctor.

多次处决败坏国王的名声,正如多次葬礼败坏医生的名声一样。

One funeral makes many.

一个葬礼造成很多。