Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

人是容易轻信的动物,必须相信一些事情;如果没有好的信仰基础,他就会满足于坏的。

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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

如果我们仅仅因为野兽不能阻止我们,因为我们在为生存而斗争中支持自己的一方,那么出于同样的原因而把蠢货、罪犯、敌人或资本家斩了,也就合乎逻辑了。

Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.

对动物的同情与善良的性格密切相关;可以肯定地说,虐待动物的人不可能是好人。

It takes time for the absent to assume their true shape in our thoughts. After death they take on a firmer outline and then cease to change.

缺席者需要时间才能在我们的思想中呈现出他们真实的形象。死后,他们有一个更坚定的轮廓,然后停止改变。

Men haven't changed their behaviour, so women somehow have to be strengthened to be able to ward off the men.

男人并没有改变他们的行为,所以女人必须在某种程度上增强自己的力量来抵挡男人。

Absence weakens mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and kindles fires.

离别会减弱平庸的情感,却会增强伟大的情感,就像风吹灭蜡烛,点燃火焰一样。

You will seek not a near but a distant objective, and you will not be satisfied with what you may have done.

你们追求的不是一个近的目标,而是一个遥远的目标,你们不会对自己可能完成的事情感到满意。

I want to find that defining moment that you're satisfied and you've done what you want to do in your life.

我想找到那个决定性的时刻,让你感到满足,你已经做了你想做的事情。

Men are often biased in their judgment on account of their sympathy and their interests.

由于同情和兴趣,男人的判断往往有偏见。