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There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

在我们准备过高估计别人的时候，可能有一种恶意的成分——可以说，我们是在为自己积累一种乐趣，以便以后把他们的身材缩小。

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Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it.

虽然有些人说，女人天生就没有能力谨慎行事，或者她们一定要干傻事，但我决不允许这种说法。

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Once conform, once do what other people do because they do it, and a lethargy steals over all the finer nerves and faculties of the soul. She becomes all outer show and inward emptiness; dull, callous, and indifferent.

一旦循规蹈矩，一旦惟命是从，懒散就笼罩着灵魂中一切灵敏的神经和官能。她变得徒有其表，内心空虚;迟钝、冷酷、冷漠。

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For, he that expects nothing shall not be disappointed, but he that expects much - if he lives and uses that in hand day by day - shall be full to running over.

因为，什么都不期待的人不会失望，但期待太多的人——如果他日复一日地生活和使用手中的东西——将会被压垮。

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Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare.

给他们快乐——就像他们从噩梦中醒来一样。

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The quietness of his tone italicized the malice of his reply.

他平静的语调使他的回答显得阴险。

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When a man has no reason to trust himself, he trusts in luck.

当一个人没有理由相信自己时，他相信运气。

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Texting with that one person all day and never getting bored.

整天和那个人发短信，从不觉得无聊。

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Perhaps all pleasure is only relief.

也许所有的快乐只是解脱。

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