One may no more live in the world without picking up the moral prejudices of the world than one will be able to go to hell without perspiring.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

一个人活在这个世界上,如果不接受这个世界的道德偏见,就像一个人下地狱时不流汗一样。

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The safest road to hell is the gradual one - the gentle slope, soft underfoot, without sudden turnings, without milestones, without signposts.

通往地狱最安全的路是循序渐进的——平缓的斜坡,柔软的脚下,没有突然的转弯,没有里程碑,没有路标。

To appreciate heaven well, it's good for a person to have some fifteen minutes of hell.

要欣赏天堂,一个人在地狱里呆上十五分钟是有好处的。

I think we ought to take the world as it is and not as we would like to have it.

我认为我们应该接受世界本来的样子,而不是我们想要的样子。

Good heavens! I've reached the end of the world!

天哪!我已经到了世界的尽头!