A child's appetite for new toys appeal to the desire for ownership and appropriation: the appeal of toys comes to lie not in their use but in their status as possessions.

  • -- Christopher Lasch 克里斯托弗.拉什

孩子对新玩具的兴趣吸引了他们对拥有和占有的渴望:玩具的吸引力不在于它们的用途,而在于它们作为财产的地位。

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We do not kill the drama, we do not really limit its appeal by failing to encourage the best in it; but we do thereby foster the weakest and poorest elements.

我们不会扼杀戏剧,我们不会因为没有鼓励其中最好的部分而真正限制它的吸引力;但是,我们因此培育了最薄弱和最贫穷的因素。

The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.

对白人口袋的呼吁比对他良心的所有呼吁都更有效。

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

我们乐意使别人十全十美,但我们不能改正自己的错误。

Be careful what you set your heart upon - for it will surely be yours.

你立定心意的时候,要谨慎,因为这心意必属你。