In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

  • -- Richard Whately 理查德·怀特利

在我们对人类交易的判断中,光学定律被颠倒了;我们最模糊地看到周围的物体。

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And while the law of competition may be sometimes hard for the individual, it is best for the race, because it ensures the survival of the fittest in every department.

虽然竞争法则有时对个人来说很难,但对种族来说却是最好的,因为它确保了适者生存。

In the days of segregation, when blacks were limited to certain neighborhoods, you could look around the black community and identify who the leaders were.

在种族隔离时期,当黑人被限制在特定的社区,你可以看看周围的黑人社区,找出谁是领导者。

Men kick friendship around like a football, but it doesn't seem to crack. Women treat it like glass and it goes to pieces.

男人把友谊像足球一样踢来踢去,但它似乎不会破裂。女人把它当玻璃一样对待,它就会破碎。

To believe in a just law of cause and effect, carrying with it a punishment or a reward, is to believe in righteousness.

相信因果律是公正的,它会带来惩罚或奖励,这就是相信正义。

My theory was that what I had to do was make a study of human behavior.

我的理论是,我要做的是研究人类行为。

Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.

今天许多作曲家不知道人的喉咙是什么。