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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.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

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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I feel like there are women who are genuinely born to be mothers, and women who are born to be aunties, and women who really probably not should be allowed near children. The tragedy that happens is when any one of those women ends up in the wrong category.

我觉得有些女人天生就是做母亲的料，有些女人天生就是当阿姨的料，有些女人真的不应该被允许接近孩子。悲剧的发生是当这些女人中的任何一个最终被归入错误的类别。

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What is a lie? It is to say what is real is not real. It is to deny the existence of what exists.

什么是谎言?它是说什么是真实的不是真实的。它是否认存在的东西的存在。

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I believe that banking institutions are more dangerous to our liberties than standing armies.

我认为，银行机构对我们的自由而言，比常备军更危险。

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Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

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Not suffering another existence is reaching the Way.

不受另一种存在的折磨，这条路就不远了。

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Maybe it takes tragedy to create paradise.

也许创造天堂需要悲剧。

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