To unfold the secret laws and relations of those high faculties of thought by which all beyond the merely perceptive knowledge of the world and of ourselves is attained or matured, is a object which does not stand in need of commendation to a rational mind.

  • -- George John Boole 乔治·约翰·布尔

揭示那些高级思维能力的秘密规律和关系,通过这些思维能力,我们对世界和我们自己的一切超越了仅仅是感性的知识的获得或成熟,是一个不需要理性头脑加以赞扬的目标。

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One should see the world, and see himself as a scale with an equal balance of good and evil. When he does one good deed the scale is tipped to the good - he and the world is saved. When he does one evil deed the scale is tipped to the bad - he and the world is destroyed.

一个人应该看这个世界,把自己看成是一个善恶平衡的天平。当他做了一件好事,天平就会向好的方向倾斜——他和世界都得救了。当他做了一件坏事时,天平就倾斜到坏的一边——他和世界都毁灭了。

Be open and honest, but perceptive to your boss's situation. That's my advice to graduates worried about working with a new boss.

坦诚待人,但要对你老板的处境敏感。这是我给那些担心与新老板共事的毕业生们的建议。

The World, thinking itself affronted by superior merit, takes delight to bring it down to its own level.

这个世界认为自己被优越的品德所冒犯,乐于把它降低到自己的水平。