In times of joy, all of us wished we possessed a tail we could wag.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

在欢乐的时候,我们都希望自己有一条可以摇来摇去的尾巴。

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Watching a whole cluster of friends, and my own mother, die over quite a short space of time convinced me that purely materialist 'explanations' for our mysterious human existence simply won't do - on an intellectual level.

看着一大群朋友和我自己的母亲在相当短的时间内相继离世,我确信纯粹的唯物主义“解释”我们神秘的人类存在根本行不通——在智力层面上。

The idea of winning a doctor's degree gradually assumed the aspect of a great moral struggle, and the moral fight possessed immense attraction for me.

获得博士学位的想法逐渐变成了一场伟大的道德斗争,而道德斗争对我具有极大的吸引力。

That all men are equal is a proposition to which, at ordinary times, no sane human being has ever given his assent.

所有人都是平等的,这是一个命题,在正常情况下,从来没有一个理智的人对此表示过赞同。