There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.

  • -- Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert 奥伯伦·爱德华·威廉·莫利纽斯·赫伯特

从来没有一个伟大的制度是靠武力来维持的,在这个制度下,人类所有最优秀的才能都没有慢慢衰退。

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Take the first step, and your mind will mobilize all its forces to your aid. But the first essential is that you begin. Once the battle is startled, all that is within and without you will come to your assistance.

迈出第一步,你的大脑就会调动所有的力量来帮助你。但首要的是你要开始。一旦战斗受到惊吓,你内外的一切都会来帮助你。

The PhD system is the real root of the evil of academic snobbery. People who have PhDs consider themselves a priesthood, and inventors generally don't have PhDs.

博士制度是学术势利的真正根源。拥有博士学位的人认为自己是祭司,而发明家通常没有博士学位。

Best of all is it to preserve everything in a pure, still heart, and let there be for every pulse a thanksgiving, and for every breath a song.

最好的是把一切都保存在一颗纯洁、平静的心里,让每一次跳动都有一个感恩,每一次呼吸都有一首歌。

You either go along with the system - conform to what is expected to be a hit - or you have very tough going.

你要么跟着这个系统走——符合预期的成功——要么非常艰难。

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

真正的教育最终必须局限于那些坚持知道的人,其余的只是放羊。

Chet Atkins... is probably the best guitar player who ever lived.

切特阿特金斯……可能是有史以来最好的吉他手。

Force always attracts men of low morality.

武力总是吸引道德败坏的人。

In soft regions are born soft men.

在软弱的地方,生而软弱。