The principle of asceticism never was, nor ever can be, consistently pursued by any living creature.
禁欲主义原则从来没有被任何生物一贯坚持过,也永远不会被如此坚持。
宇宙不仅比我们想象的更奇怪,它比我们能想象的还要奇怪。
The statesman, who should attempt to direct private people in what manner they ought to employ their capitals, would not only load himself with a most unnecessary attention but assume an authority which could safely be trusted, not only to no single person, but to no council or senate whatever, and which would nowhere be so dangerous as in the hands of a man who had folly and presumption enough to fancy himself fit to exercise it.