在桥上出生、长大的人，在别处发现了难以忍受的枯燥和空虚的生活。

Men born and reared upon the Bridge found life unendurably dull and inane elsewhere.

youdao

恐惧来源于这种内在的不足，贫乏和空虚。

Fear arises out of this inner insufficiency, poverty and emptiness.

youdao

渐渐地，他觉得有点寂寞和空虚，于是去见宫殿主人，抱怨道：“这种每天吃吃睡睡的日子过久了也没有意思。

But gradually, he felt a bit lonely and void. So he went to the owner and groaned, “It is very tedious to live by just eating and sleeping every day.

youdao

Courage was mine, and I had mystery, Wisdom was mine, and I had mastery: To miss the march of this retreating world Into vain citadels that are not walled.

勇敢是我与生俱来的神秘，智慧是我熟稔于心的能力：,因为错过撤退的行军队列,没能和他们一起进入空虚的没有围墙的大本营。

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Consider just the following passage from Leviathan with one of my favorite titles from the book, a chapter called "Of Darkness from Vain Philosophy " and Fabulous Traditions."

只需想想《利维坦》中如下的段落,它有一个我很喜欢的标题，这一章叫做,“空虚的哲学和神怪的传说,所造成的黑暗“

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