On entering a country, ask what is forbidden, on entering a village, ask what are the customs, on entering a private house, ask what should not be mentioned.

进入一个国家,问什么是禁止的,进入一个村庄,问什么是风俗习惯,进入一个私人住宅,问什么是不应该提到的。

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I've begun to look at the world through apocalypse eyes. Our society, which seems so sturdily built out of concrete and custom, is just a temporary resting place, a hotel our civilization checked into a couple hundred years ago and must one day check out of.

我开始用天启的眼光看世界。我们的社会似乎是由混凝土和习俗建造而成的,它只是一个临时的休息场所,是我们的文明在几百年前入住的酒店,总有一天会退房。

Marriage brings one into fatal connection with custom and tradition, and traditions and customs are like the wind and weather, altogether incalculable.

婚姻使人与风俗和传统产生了致命的联系,风俗和传统就像风和天气一样,不可估量。

When anything is forbidden, everything which leads to the same result is also forbidden.

当任何事情被禁止时,任何导致同样结果的事情也被禁止。

If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you catch the tiger's cub?

如果你不进入虎穴,怎么能抓住老虎的幼仔呢?