Anything that's built up out of parts, you could at least in principle worry about the parts coming apart and hence the thing being destroyed.

任何由部分组成的东西,至少原则上讲你都可以担心,这个东西会四分五裂，走向毁灭。

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But if one pursues it further than one should, it is absolute ruin."

但倘若过分沉溺其中，那他必将走向毁灭“

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