Habit is a second nature that destroys the first. But what is nature? Why is habit not natural? I am very much afraid that nature itself is only a first habit, just as habit is a second nature.

  • -- Blaise Pascal 巴斯卡

习惯是第二天性,它能破坏第一天性。但什么是自然?为什么习惯不是自然的?我很担心,自然本身只是第一个习惯,就像习惯是第二天性一样。

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Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

生活不能包容你,它会让你崩溃。这是命中注定的,而且它不能做得更好。每粒种子都会破坏它的容器,否则就不会有果实。

It is the habit of every aggressor nation to claim that it is acting on the defensive.

每一个侵略国家都有一种习惯,即声称自己是在采取守势。

Most people never run far enough on their first wind to find out they've got a second.

大多数人在第一次顺风时跑得都不够远,以至于无法发现他们还有第二次顺风。

And the second question, can poetry be taught? I didn't think so.

第二个问题,诗歌可以被教授吗?我不这么认为。

I am not a creature of habit.

我不是一个习惯的动物。

What feeds me destroys me.

喂养我的东西毁了我。