Function precedes form in the evolution of mental processes.

The less I know about other people's affairs, the happier I am.

我尽力摆脱那些总是自信满满地回答他们并没有真正了解的问题的人。

In a way, if you like, at one end of the spectrum of sympathy, you've got the tabloid newspaper. At the other end of the spectrum, you've got tragedy and tragic art. And I suppose I'm arguing that we should learn a little bit about what's happening in tragic art. It would be insane to call Hamlet a loser. He is not a loser, though he has lost. And I think that is the message of tragedy to us, and why it's so very, very important, I think.