Man cannot live without joy; therefore when he is deprived of true spiritual joys it is necessary that he become addicted to carnal pleasures.

  • -- Thomas Aquinas 托马斯·阿奎那

人的生活不能没有快乐;因此,当他被剥夺了真正的精神上的快乐,他就有必要沉溺于肉体上的快乐。

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The best books for a man are not always those which the wise recommend, but often those which meet the peculiar wants, the natural thirst of his mind, and therefore awaken interest and rivet thought.

对一个人来说,最好的书并不总是那些智者推荐的书,而是那些能满足他特殊需求的书,能满足他头脑中自然的渴望,因此能唤起兴趣,吸引思想。

No man is excluded from calling upon God, the gate of salvation is set open unto all men: neither is there any other thing which keepeth us back from entering in, save only our own unbelief.

没有人不求告神,救恩的门是向众人敞开的。除了我们自己的不信,再没有别的拦阻我们不进去的。

Our care should not be to have lived long as to have lived enough.

我们的关心不应该是活得足够长。

A little too wise, they say, do ne'er live long.

他们说,有点太聪明了,永远活不了多久。