If the gods listened to the prayers of men, all humankind would quickly perish since they constantly pray for many evils to befall one another.
— Epicurus  ·  No category

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quickly ['kwɪkli] 词频1
adv. 迅速地;立即;马上;
💡 quick迅速的+ly表副词 →迅速地
"The party was arranged quickly."
聚会很快就安排好了。
近义：apace, hurriedly, lightly, precipitately, promptly, rapidly 反义：leisurely, slow, tardily, unhurriedly, calmly, lazily
perish ['pɛrɪʃ] 词频2
vi. 死亡，丧生;毁灭;腐烂，枯萎;老化; vt. 使麻木;使毁坏;
💡 per(throughly)+ish(to go)→死；毁灭
"Crowns and thrones may perish."
王权不会永存.
近义：part, croak, decease, depart, die, expire 反义：live, persist, stand, subsist, survive
constantly ['kɑnstəntli] 词频2
adv. 始终;一直;重复不断地;
💡 con始终+ stant = stand站 + ly ...地 → constant始终站着=不变的 + ly ...地 → 不变地
"She felt her husband constantly belittled her achievements."
她觉得她的丈夫时常贬低她的成就。
近义：incessantly, permanently, perpetually, steadily, unceasingly, ceaselessly 反义：infrequently, occasionally, seldom, sometimes
humankind [[ˌhju:mən'kaind]]
n. 人类
近义：humanity, humans, man, mankind
since [sɪns] 词频1
prep. 从…以来;自从…之后;自从; adv. 以后，此后;后来;（距今几年）以前;（从那时候起几年）以前; conj. 自从…以来;自从…的时候起;既然;因为;
💡 嫦娥（ce） 至从犯罪（sin）已来很不安 网友：马 胜 敏 补充：1：每天早上都能在寺（si）庙的大门（n）下面看到一个侧（ce）卧着的小男孩,自从寺庙失火以
"She's a changed woman since she got that job."
她自从得到了那份工作，变得判若两人。
近义：thenceforth, thenceforward, thenceforwards, thence, whereas, because
pray [pre] 词频1
vt. 祈祷，祷告;请求，恳求;央求; vi. 祈祷;请;恳求;
💡 扑(p)在光线(ray)下 祈祷
"We pray to God to deliver us from evil."
我们祈求上帝把我们从罪恶中拯救出来.
近义：ask, order, tell, request, solicit 反义：apostatize, swear, curse, damn

📜 Epicurus 的更多名言

"He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has."
"A strict belief, fate is the worst kind of slavery; on the other hand there is comfort in the thought that God will be moved by our prayers."
"It is not so much our friend's help that helps us as the confidence of their help."
"Death is nothing to us, since when we are, death has not come, and when death has come, we are not."
"Pleasure is the beginning and the end of living happily."
"The greater the difficulty the more glory in surmounting it. Skillful pilots gain their reputation from storms and tempests."
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