Gratitude is merely the secret hope of further favors.

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

感激之情不过是希望得到进一步的恩惠。

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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。

A man can live and be healthy without killing animals for food; therefore, if he eats meat, he participates in taking animal life merely for the sake of his appetite.

一个人可以活得健康,而不需要为了食物而猎杀动物;因此,如果他吃肉,他参与动物的生命只是为了他的胃口。

Thinking about the universe has now been handed over to specialists. The rest of us merely read about it.

对宇宙的思考现在已经交给了专家们。我们其余的人只是读到它。

That is the Roman way: to give favors to the favorites.

这是罗马人的方式:给喜欢的人帮忙。