There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.

  • -- Nagarjuna 龙树

伤口被刮伤是一种乐趣,但没有伤口更令人愉快。就是这样,在世俗的欲望中也有快乐,但是没有欲望更令人愉快。

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The stoical scheme of supplying our wants by lopping off our desires, is like cutting off our feet when we want shoes.

通过削减我们的欲望来满足我们的需求,这种坚忍的计划就像当我们想要鞋子的时候砍掉我们的脚一样。

If one oversteps the bounds of moderation, the greatest pleasures cease to please.

如果一个人超越了适度的界限,最大的快乐就会停止。

The living have pleasures the dead know nothing of.

活着的人有死者所不知道的快乐。

If you want a guarantee, buy a toaster.

如果你想要保证,买一个烤面包机。