The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

这个理论似乎是说,只要一个人失败了,他就是上帝的孩子之一,但是一旦他成功了,他就被魔鬼接管了。

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Success is always something completely different to people. I feel like I've succeeded, if I'm doing something that makes me happy and I'm not lying to anybody. I'm not doing that now, so I feel really good about myself.

成功对人来说总是完全不同的东西。我觉得我已经成功了,如果我做的事情让我快乐,我没有对任何人说谎。我现在没有这样做,所以我对自己感觉很好。

I have this theory that, depending on your attitude, your life doesn't have to become this ridiculous charade that it seems so many people end up living.

我有这样一个理论,根据你的态度,你的生活不一定要变成很多人最终生活的那种可笑的伪装。

Blind commitment to a theory is not an intellectual virtue: it is an intellectual crime.

对理论的盲目投入不是一种智力上的美德:它是一种智力上的犯罪。

Sadness and gladness succeed each other.

悲伤和快乐相继而来。