greatest pretenses are built up not to hide the evil and the ugly in us, but our emptiness. The hardest thing to hide is something that is not there.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

最大的伪装不是为了隐藏我们内心的邪恶和丑陋,而是我们的空虚。最难隐藏的是那些不存在的东西。

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penetrating power of an idea or an opinion. Our ears, it seems, are wonderfully attuned to sneers and evil reports about our fellow men.

思想或观点的穿透力。我们的耳朵,似乎,是惊人地协调嘲笑和邪恶的报告,我们的同胞。

There is no such thing as fighting a losing battle with the evil inclination. In that battle, as long as one is fighting, he is winning.

与邪恶的倾向作一场注定失败的战斗是不存在的。在这场战斗中,只要一个人在战斗,他就会胜利。

Life everlasting in a state of happiness is the greatest desire of all men.

永远幸福的生活是所有人最大的愿望。

The greatest oak was once a little nut who held its ground.

最伟大的橡树曾经是一颗坚守阵地的小坚果。

It is the empty seats that listen most raptly.

是空座位听得最入神。

There's an emptiness when you're not around.

当你不在的时候,有一种空虚。