／devil

More accurately: a reflection of Teutonic fastidiousness.

Men waste them by the bushels every time, every day, anyway.

Ouch, it was brutal. However the world would have been much tranquil had God not planted that little naughty button, wouldn't it?

You can never underestimate reader's intelligence. :)

I'd say sex and the lack of it.

严肃的：“我心安处即故乡”能否给个出处？以前见人道是白居易诗，翻遍了白诗没找到。 说笑的（兼严肃的）：作者的语言很女性化，也很丰富。读上去有点晕。It's like glancing at the finest of lingerie in dim candle lights, silky, satin ...

Sex: the travail of fumbling towards and falling off the cliff.

Thanks darling! :)

I suspect the operation of CEO market is far far away from truly free.

Common sense. There are a few concepts in economics that can help clarify a muddle-head. Beyond that, where are economic laws of happiness? Happiness is so elusive, not economics can lay a hand on it.

1) Law and morality are never clearly separated. In fact, law is crystallized mainstream morality of a society. 2) A whore has one to many relation with Johns; whereas a wife has one to one relation with her husband. A whore sells her sexual service for cash; whereas a wife and husband jointly own family income. 3) Li is plainly playing on the edge.

What are poems, if not intermittent sighs???

Your borrowing of Bard's sentence is itself much ado about nothing, which means quite different thing. Manufacturing automobiles ain't nothin'. ＂小打小闹＂is along the line of "tinkering" and "tweaking", small in scale, no major breakthrough or overhaul envolved.

一，二，四段写得好，连鬼都想哼。第三断是毛头青年学笔的典型文字。:)

潜心写字，少说废话, hahahahahahahahahaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! That's hilarious. How about 少说写字, 潜心废话?

Absolutely! Different genetic and psychological make-up needs different musical nutrients. Among musicians who dislike Mozart, the foremost comes to my mind is the Canadian odd-ball Glenn Gould.

我觉得有不舒服的感觉是可以理解的。但是如果这些尸体是洋人的话你没有同样不舒服感觉，那么这些感觉不过是暂时的。如果找不出歧视因素，尸体是谁的无所谓。

最近邮购了这本书： Dynasties of the World: A Chronological and Genealogical Handbook (Oxford Paperback Reference) 虽然不喜欢帝王们，但没法子，只能把帝王们当作历代电线杆派用场。对横竖看历史有帮助。

第九毫无疑问是前无古人的。但要说怎么地，个人看法不一。瓦格纳就认为第九混乱(chaotic)。我个人的感觉第九一方面气势恢宏，另一方面也露了贝多芬的牛逼(bravado)；交响乐中引进合唱，既是个创新，也开了将非音乐性东西引进音乐的先河，后来者一发不可收拾。音乐就是音乐，你引进什么抽象理念，慢慢地就演变成了宣传。所以我认为第九从音乐上来讲is less than what Beethoven was capable of musically。当然第九是贝的一个宣言，也许越出音乐成为人类理想代言者是他的本意。贝多芬是为贝多芬，一屁股坐下就能把其余压扁了。 一个方法是听李斯特的