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The very purpose of existence is to reconcile the glowing opinion we hold of ourselves with the appalling things that other people think about us.

  • -- Quentin Crisp 昆汀·奎斯普

存在的目的就是要调和我们对自己的强烈看法和别人对我们的可怕看法。

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There will always be disputes between nations which, at times, will inflame the public and threaten conflicts, but the main thing is to educate the people of the world to be ever mindful that there are better means of settling such disputes than by war.

国与国之间总会有争端，这些争端有时会激怒公众，威胁到冲突，但最重要的是教育世界人民永远记住，解决这些争端有比战争更好的办法。

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We have spoken of beings so low in the scale that the individuals throughout their whole existence are not sufficiently specialized to be distinctively plant or animal: yet these are definite life in simpler shape.

我们曾说过，生命的规模是如此之小，以致于个体在其整个存在过程中还没有足够的专门化到足以成为独特的植物或动物;然而，这些都是更简单形式的确定的生命。

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I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.

我认为我们应该始终以某种程度的怀疑来接受我们的意见。我不希望人们武断地相信任何哲学，甚至不相信我的哲学。

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The basic fact about human existence is not that it is a tragedy, but that it is a bore. It is not so much a war as an endless standing in line.

人类存在的基本事实不是悲剧，而是无聊。与其说这是一场战争，不如说这是一场无休止的排队等待。

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People are going to have their opinions. Whether it's good or bad, I don't really think about it either way.

人们会有自己的观点。不管是好是坏，我都不怎么想。

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People need hard times and oppression to develop psychic muscles.

人们需要艰难的时期和压迫来发展精神力量。

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