The highest duty of the man is not to his father, but to his wife; and for the sake of that woman he abandons all other earthly ties, should any of these happen to interfere with that relation.

  • -- Lafcadio Hearn 小泉八云

男人最大的责任不是对他的父亲,而是对他的妻子;为了那个女人的缘故,他放弃了一切世俗的联系,万一这些联系中有什么妨碍了这种关系的话。

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To die is as if one's eyes had been put out and one cannot see anything any more. Perhaps it is like being shut in a cellar. One is abandoned by all. They have slammed the door and are gone. One does not see anything and notices only the damp smell of putrefaction.

死就像人的眼睛被挖出来,再也看不见任何东西。也许这就像被关在地窖里。一个被所有人抛弃。他们砰的一声关上门就走了。人们什么也看不见,只注意到腐烂的潮湿气味。

All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

所有人类社会都经历过这样一种潮流,在这种潮流中,它们要么暂时采用很少使用的做法,要么放弃大量使用的做法。