To know ourselves, is agreed by all to be the most useful Learning; the first Lessons, therefore, given us ought to be on that Subject.

  • -- Eliza Haywood 伊莱莎·海伍德

认识自己,是大家公认的最有用的学问;因此,给我们的第一课应该是关于这个问题的。

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So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

我们生活中太多的时间都花在考虑自己的缺点上,以至于没有时间去改善我们想象中的优点。事实上,我们只是在完善我们的罪恶,人死后比出生时更坏。

It's not a very popular subject amongst my audience, who are by nature more internationalist, but I don't choose what to write about, I don't choose my subjects, they kind of choose me.

这在我的读者中不是一个很受欢迎的主题,他们本质上更国际化,但我不选择写什么,我不选择我的主题,他们选择了我。

Tell me and I'll forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and I'll understand.

告诉我,我就会忘记;给我看,我也许会记得;让我参与,我会理解的。

One can never know enough. The unknown and its call lies even in what we know.

一个人知道的再多也不够。未知和它的召唤甚至存在于我们所知道的。

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.

学而不思则罔,思而不学则殆。