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In most of mankind gratitude is merely a secret hope of further favors.

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

对大多数人来说，感激之情不过是一种获得进一步恩惠的隐秘希望。

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It is, finally, a word is untimely in three different senses, and bearing it as one's treasure will not win one anyone's favours; one rather risks finding oneself outside everyone's camp... Beauty is the word that shall be our first.

最后，从三种不同的意义上讲，一个词是不合时宜的，把它当作自己的宝贝是不会赢得任何人好感的;一个人宁愿冒险发现自己置身于所有人的阵营之外……美是我们的第一语言。

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Machines are worshipped because they are beautiful and valued because they confer power; they are hated because they are hideous and loathed because they impose slavery.

人们崇拜机器，因为它们美丽而珍贵，因为它们赋予权力;人们憎恨他们，因为他们丑陋不堪，憎恨他们，因为他们强加奴隶制度。

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Expensive advertising courts us with hints and images. The ordinary kind merely says, Buy.

昂贵的广告用暗示和图像来吸引我们。普通的只是说，买。

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You can't cross the sea merely by staring at the water.

你不能仅仅靠盯着水过河。

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