It is in virtue of his own desires and curiosities that any man continues to exist with even patience, that he is charmed by the look of things and people, and that he wakens every morning with a renewed appetite for work and pleasure. Desire and curiosity are the two eyes through which he sees the world in the most enchanted colours: it is they that make women beautiful or fossils interesting: and the man may squander his estate and come to beggary, but if he keeps these two amulets he is still rich in the possibilities of pleasure.
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正是因?yàn)橄Ｍc好奇，我們才會(huì)以加倍的耐心繼續(xù)生存，才會(huì)著迷于紛繁復(fù)雜、多姿多彩的人或事，早晨醒來才會(huì)以嶄新的熱情投入新一天的工作和娛樂。希望和好奇是人觀看這絢麗迷人的世界的一雙眼睛：正是這雙眼睛使得女人美麗嫵媚，又使頑石妙趣橫生 。一個(gè)人可以傾家蕩產(chǎn)，淪為乞丐，可是只要他還有這兩個(gè)“護(hù)身符”，他就仍然可能擁有無限的歡樂。