有趣 / 有料 / 涨知识

I'm drawn to a lovely quote by St. Augustine in "The City of God," where he says, "It's a sin to judge any man by his post." In modern English that would mean it's a sinto come to any view of who you should talk to, dependent on their business card. It's not the post that should count. According to St. Augustine, only God can really put everybody in their place; he's going to do that on the Day of Judgment, with angels and trumpets, and the skies will open. Insane idea, if you're a secularist person, like me. But something very valuable in that idea, nevertheless.

我很喜欢圣奥古斯丁在“上帝之城”里的一句话，他说“以社会地位评价人是一种罪”。用现在的口吻说，看一个人的名片来决定你是否要和他交谈是罪。对圣奥古斯丁来说，人的价值不在他的社会地位，只有神可以决定一个人的价值，他将在天使围绕、小号奏鸣，天空破开的世界末日给于最后审判，如果你是像我一样的世俗论者，这想法太疯狂了，但这想法有它的价值。

阿兰·德波顿

女孩拢头发时斜眼一笑很好看，男孩系球鞋带而抬头说话很好看，还有，那种喜鹊叫客人到的童年。

木心

欧盟最大的问题在于它不是一个国家，却假装成一个国家。

The biggest problem with the European Union is that it is not a state, but it pretends to be one.

弗朗西斯·福山

我一上了中学，父亲就开始告诉我，需有：“一技之长”。他说，与其做个“样样皆通，样样稀松”的好学生，不如做个有一样专精，其他稀松的专才。有了一技之长，你可以用它赚钱吃饭，你也可以在它上面获得成就。

罗兰

发光的不一定都是金子，动人的不一定都是好话。

莎士比亚

有人升天靠德行，有人入地不招罪。

莎士比亚