The amount of human tragedy Kissinger saw around him during his formative years accounts for his being a man given to occasional melancholy or perhaps Weltschmerz,and for being a convinced pessimist beneath a certain playfulness and levity.

• 基辛格早年目睹了周围大量的人间悲剧，这使他时常显得很忧郁，或许可以叫做多愁善感，使他成为彻底的悲观主义者，虽然表面上爱开玩笑，有点放荡不羁。