A slight daily unconscious luxury is hardly ever wanting to the dwellers in civilization; like the gentle air of a genial climate, it is a perpetual minute enjoyment.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

对于生活在文明社会的人来说,一种轻微的日常的无意识的奢侈几乎是永远不会缺少的;就像和煦的气候中温和的空气一样,它是一种永久的微小享受。

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That it is logical, fair and reasonable to maintain the purchasing power of an hour's work in terms of goods and services the employee must purchase in his daily living.

维持一个小时工作的购买力,即雇员在日常生活中必须购买的商品和服务,是合乎逻辑、公平和合理的。

The greatest sweetener of human life is Friendship. To raise this to the highest pitch of enjoyment, is a secret which but few discover.

人生最大的甜头是友谊。把这提升到享受的最高境界,是一个很少有人发现的秘密。

No people in history have ever survived who thought they could protect their freedom by making themselves inoffensive to their enemies.

历史上没有任何一个认为自己可以通过不冒犯敌人来保护自由的人幸存下来。

Christmas! 'Tis the season for kindling the fire of hospitality in the hall, the genial fire of charity in the heart.

我的圣诞礼物!这是在大厅里点燃好客之火,在心中点燃慈善之火的季节。

Post-modernism is modernism with the optimism taken out.

后现代主义是去掉了乐观主义的现代主义。

Life is pain and the enjoyment of love is an anesthetic.

生活是痛苦的,而享受爱是麻醉剂。

My music is a luxury.

我的音乐是奢侈品。