A man can be himself only so long as he is alone.

  • -- Arthur Schopenhauer 亚瑟·叔本华

一个人只有在独处的时候才能做他自己。

相关名言

Do not allow yourself to be imprisoned by any affection. Keep your solitude. The day, if it ever comes, when you are given true affection there will be no opposition between interior solitude and friendship, quite the reverse. It is even by this infallible sign that you will recognize it.

不要让自己被任何感情所束缚。保持你的孤独。如果真有那么一天,当你得到真爱的时候,你内心的孤独和友谊之间就不会有对立,反之亦然。即使是这个绝对正确的信号,你也会认出它来。

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.

写作是一项孤独的职业。家庭、朋友和社会是作家的天敌。如果他想要维持并完成一项事业,他必须是一个人,不受打扰,有点野蛮。

If one does not fail at times, then one has not challenged himself.

如果一个人没有失败过,那么他就没有挑战过自己。

Man has no greater enemy than himself.

人最大的敌人莫过于自己。