How is it that we remember the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not remember how often we have recounted it to the same person?

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

为什么我们记得发生在我们身上的最微不足道的小事,却不记得我们有多少次向同一个人讲述过这些事情?

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I believe the world is increasingly in danger of becoming split into groups which cannot communicate with each other, which no longer think of each other as members of the same species.

我认为,世界正日益面临分裂成彼此无法沟通的群体的危险,这些群体不再认为彼此是同一物种的成员。

Why is it that our memory is good enough to retain the least triviality that happens to us, and yet not good enough to recollect how often we have told it to the same person?

为什么我们的记忆力好到可以记住发生在我们身上的最小的琐事,却不能回忆起我们对同一个人说过多少次?

Between friends differences in taste or opinion are irritating in direct proportion to their triviality.

朋友之间品味或意见的差异与他们的琐事成正比,令人生厌。

You can't just play the same thing, over and over again.

你不能一遍又一遍地玩同样的东西。