It is not materialism that is the chief curse of the world, as pastors teach, but idealism. Men get into trouble by taking their visions and hallucinations too seriously.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

正如牧师们所教导的,这个世界的主要祸根不是物质主义,而是理想主义。男人把自己的幻想和幻觉看得太认真就会惹上麻烦。

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I think he had a wake-up call. It's a different kind of race, and I think maybe he didn't take it quite as seriously as he might have, but you can bet he learned a lot of lessons.

我想他被叫醒了。这是一种不同的比赛,我想也许他并没有把它看得那么严肃,但你可以打赌他学到了很多。

There are many, many types of books in the world, which makes good sense, because there are many, many types of people, and everybody wants to read something different.

世界上有很多很多类型的书,这很有道理,因为有很多很多类型的人,每个人都想读一些不同的东西。

My whole life, people have been like, 'I don't know if you're playing or serious.'

在我的整个人生中,人们一直在说,‘我不知道你是在开玩笑还是认真的。’

You can't just turn someone's world upside down and then leave.

你不能把别人的世界搞得天翻地覆然后就离开。