It had been thought that man cannot be happy without a theory of life or a religion.

人们曾认为， 没有生活理论或宗教， 人就不会幸福。

Yet, as has been said of him before, no theory of life seemed to him to be of any importance compared with life itself.

然而，正如之前对他所说的那样，在他看来，与生活本身相比，没有任何生活理论是重要的。

If a woman were among the guests of Northmour, it would show a change in his habits and an apostasy from his pet theories of life, well calculated to fill me with surprise.

如果一个女人是诺斯莫尔的客人之一， 这将表明他的习惯发生了变化， 并背离了他所钟爱的生活理论， 精心设计让我感到惊讶。

My theory of life makes me certain that the Great is cruel To be just is for ordinary men—it is reserved for the great to be unjust. The surface of the earth was even.

我的生活理论使我确信，伟大的人是残酷的。正义是为普通人服务的——为伟大的人保留的是不正义的。地球表面是平坦的。