When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

  • -- Joseph Joubert 朱伯特

当一个民族诞生了一个能产生伟大思想的人,另一个民族也诞生了一个能理解和欣赏伟大思想的人

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When we talk about understanding, surely it takes place only when the mind listens completely -- the mind being your heart, your nerves, your ears -- when you give your whole attention to it.

当我们谈论理解的时候,它肯定只发生在大脑完全倾听的时候——大脑是你的心,是你的神经,是你的耳朵——当你全神贯注于它的时候。

Money is the worst currency that ever grew among mankind. This sacks cities, this drives men from their homes, this teaches and corrupts the worthiest minds to turn base deeds.

货币是人类有史以来最糟糕的货币。它洗劫城市,把人们赶出家园,它教导并腐蚀最有价值的头脑,让他们做出卑劣的行为。

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.

音乐体现的是情感,而不是像大多数艺术,尤其是文字艺术那样,强迫它与思想斗争和结合。

The two operations of our understanding, intuition and deduction, on which alone we have said we must rely in the acquisition of knowledge.

我们曾经说过,我们在获得知识时,必须只依靠我们的理智、直观和推论这两种活动。

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.

认为我们可以通过诉诸良知来控制人类的长期繁衍是错误的。

I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).

我在思想(和原则)上是激进的,在方法(和行为)上是保守的。

Directing has only increased my admiration and respect for what it is that actors do.

导演只增加了我对演员工作的钦佩和尊重。

There are charms made only for distant admiration.

有些魅力只是为了遥远的赞美而产生的。