There are only two things. Truth and lies. Truth is indivisible, hence it cannot recognize itself; anyone who wants to recognize it has to be a lie.

  • -- Franz Kafka 卡夫卡

只有两件事。真相与谎言。真理是不可分割的,因此它不能认识自己;任何想要认识到这一点的人都必须撒谎。

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We recognize the chicken as another conscious being. It's different from us, but it has a life, and if something is really important for that chicken, if it would work hard to try to get it, and if we can give it without sacrificing something that's really important to us, then we should.

我们认为鸡是另一种有意识的存在。它和我们不同,但它有自己的生命,如果某样东西对那只鸡来说真的很重要,如果它会努力去得到它,如果我们能在不牺牲对我们来说真的很重要的东西的情况下给予它,那么我们就应该这么做。

As far as pleasures, you've got to have limits. You shouldn't have too much of good things, so you'll always have a desire for more and you won't get bored.

就快乐而言,你必须有限度。你不应该有太多的好东西,所以你总是会有更多的欲望,你不会感到无聊。

Don't sweat the petty things and don't pet the sweaty things.

不要为琐事烦恼,也不要宠爱那些令人烦恼的事情。

Man can hardly even recognize the devils of his own creation.

人类甚至认不出自己创造的恶魔。