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The irrational in the human has something about it altogether repulsive and terrible, as we see in the maniac, the miser, the drunkard or the ape.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

人类的非理性具有某种令人厌恶和可怕的东西，正如我们在疯子、吝啬鬼、醉汉或无尾猿身上所看到的那样。

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Today people who hold cash equivalents feel comfortable. They shouldn't. They have opted for a terrible long-term asset, one that pays virtually nothing and is certain to depreciate in value.

如今，持有现金等价物的人感觉很舒服。他们不应该。他们选择了一种糟糕的长期资产，这种资产几乎不支付任何费用，而且肯定会贬值。

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This proves that great lyric poetry can die, be reborn, die again, but will always remain one of the most outstanding creations of the human soul.

这证明了伟大的抒情诗可以死亡、重生、再死，但永远是人类灵魂最杰出的创作之一。

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Today's younger generation is no worse than my own. We were just as ignorant and repulsive as they are, but nobody listened to us.

今天的年轻一代并不比我这一代差。我们和他们一样无知，一样令人厌恶，但是没有人听我们的。

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The human crisis is always a crisis of understanding: what we genuinely understand we can do.

人类的危机总是一场理解的危机:我们真正理解的是我们能做什么。

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The mortality of all inanimate things is terrible to me, but that of books most of all.

所有无生命的东西的死亡对我来说都是可怕的，但最可怕的是书的死亡。

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