For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

因为正是相互信任,甚至比共同利益更能把人与人之间的关系维系在一起。我们的朋友很少对我们有益,但他们使我们感到安全。婚姻就是为了达到同样的目的。

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Sometimes we assume that we want things done in a certain way just because we happen to be doing them that way.

有时候,我们假设我们想要以某种方式完成某件事,只是因为我们碰巧是这样做的。

When we buy something from the “friendly Fuller brush man,” we feel friendly too.

当我们从“友好的富勒刷人”那里买东西时,我们也会感到友好。

The purpose of anthropology is to make the world safe for human differences.

人类学的目的是为人类的差异创造一个安全的世界。

A free society is one where it is safe to be unpopular.

一个自由的社会是不受欢迎是安全的。