Nothing is more sad than taking on a job in which you have no interest, for it will not only ruin your talents but also discourage your desire to succeed in life.

没有什么比做一件你不感兴趣的事情更糟糕的了，因为它不仅会摧毁你的才能，还会挫伤你对成功人生的渴望。

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A man's desire for a son is usually nothing but the wish to duplicate himself in order that such a remarkable pattern may not be lost to the world.

一个男人对儿子的期望通常除了希望将他复制成自己，让他以这种非凡的模式避免在俗世中失去自我，别无其他。

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There is nothing more stimulating, more worthy of actualization, than the desire to change the world for the better.

出有比巴吕界变得更好好的欲看更刺激、更值得往真现的了。

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Now we might at first think that Satan's vaunting here is the product of nothing more elevated than hate and a desire for revenge, but Milton's doing something truly extraordinary.

我们首先会想到撒旦之所以在这里自吹自擂,不过是因为他的仇恨和复仇的欲望，不过弥尔顿在这里做了不同寻常的艺术处理。

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Many people start their own businesses as an alternative to working for someone else and nothing more, with no desire for employees, infrastructure, or the headaches and risk of an actual business.

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So whether it is our hopeless good nature that wishes to believe in the altruism of the free gift giver (unlikely) or our burning desire to receive something-for-nothing (more likely), the freebie-seeking thread is so persistent in us that the theme remains a constant in money and life.

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As a Mets fan can (and will) tell you, there's nothing more agonizing than playing disgruntled no-hopers in late September who have nothing more going for them than their desire to knock your team out of the playoffs.

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