There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

人类的利益总是驱使他们向正确的方向发展,这是一种有福的必然性;再一次,让所有的犯罪变得卑鄙和丑陋。

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In fact I think now we've reached a point now, where the powers that be really have sort of vested interest in all of us being stoned out as much as possible all the time so we don't know what's going on, and we don't care.

事实上,我认为现在我们已经到了这样一个阶段,我们所有人每时每刻都在被尽可能多的石头砸死,而当权者实际上对我们有某种既得利益,所以我们不知道发生了什么,我们也不在乎。

For unflagging interest and enjoyment, a household of children, if things go reasonably well, certainly all other forms of success and achievement lose their importance by comparison.

对于一个有孩子的家庭来说,如果一切进行得相当顺利,那么毫无疑问,所有其他形式的成功和成就相比就失去了它们的重要性。

I've been to a lot of places and done a lot of things, but writing was always first. It's a kind of pain I can't do without.

我去过很多地方,做过很多事情,但写作永远是第一位的。这是一种我不能没有的痛苦。

I am blessed to be able to work at a job I love and also give back in the most vital way - to people in need.

我很幸运能够从事我热爱的工作,并以最重要的方式回馈给需要帮助的人。

There is nothing inevitable about crime and there is nothing inevitable about anti-social behaviour.

犯罪没有什么是不可避免的,反社会行为也没有什么是不可避免的。

If you do big things they print your face, and if you do little things they print only your thumbs.

如果你做大事,他们会印你的脸;如果你做小事,他们只会印你的大拇指。

I do not know if she was virtuous, but she was ugly, and with a woman that is half the battle.

我不知道她是否贤惠,但她长得很丑,和一个女人在一起就等于成功了一半。

Instead of playing with army men or whatever, I played golf, like for hours every day.

我没有和军人或其他什么人一起玩,而是每天打几个小时的高尔夫球。

Let me embrace thee, sour adversity, for wise men say it is the wisest course.

让我拥抱你吧,酸楚的逆境,因为智者说这是最明智的道路。

An ugly baby is a very nasty object - and the prettiest is frightful.

一个丑陋的婴儿是一个非常讨厌的东西——而最漂亮的婴儿是可怕的。

Without philosophy, history is always for me dead and dumb.

没有哲学,历史对我来说总是死气沉沉,哑口无言。

We've been called, and He has blessed.

我们已经被召唤,他已经赐福。