It is even possible that laws which have not their origin in the mind may be irrational, and we can never succeed in formulating them.

  • -- Arthur Eddington 爱丁顿

甚至有可能,没有其起源的法律可能是非理性的,我们永远无法成功地制定它们。

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The wish to acquire more is admittedly a very natural and common thing; and when men succeed in this they are always praised rather than condemned. But when they lack the ability to do so and yet want to acquire more at all costs, they deserve condemnation for their mistakes.

诚然,想要获得更多是非常自然和常见的事情;当人们成功做到这一点时,他们总是受到赞扬而不是谴责。但当他们缺乏这样做的能力,却又想不惜一切代价获得更多时,他们的错误就应该受到谴责。

The world is full of fools and faint hearts; and yet everyone has courage enough to bear the misfortunes, and wisdom enough to manage the affairs, of his neighbor.

世界上到处都是傻瓜和胆怯的人;然而,每个人都有足够的勇气去承受不幸,有足够的智慧去管理邻居的事务。

People of mediocre ability sometimes achieve outstanding success because they don't know when to quit. Most men succeed because they are determined to.

能力平庸的人有时会取得非凡的成功,因为他们不知道什么时候该放弃。大多数人成功是因为他们有决心。

War alone brings up to their highest tension all human energies and imposes the stamp of nobility upon the peoples who have the courage to make it.

战争本身就使人类所有的精力达到最高紧张状态,并给有勇气进行战争的人民打上高贵的烙印。

He who obeys God's laws finds him a father. He who disobeys them, finds him a judge.

遵守神律法的,就寻得父。不听从他们的,就寻得审判官。

The law often allows what honor forbids.

法律允许而荣誉禁止。