The most costly of all follies is to believe passionately in the palpably not true. It is the chief occupation of mankind.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

所有愚蠢行为中,代价最大的是狂热地相信明显不真实的东西。它是人类的主要职业。

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Who are we? We find that we live on an insignificant planet of a humdrum star lost in a galaxy tucked away in some forgotten corner of a universe in which there are far more galaxies than people.

我们是谁?我们发现自己生活在一颗不起眼的行星上,这颗平凡的恒星迷失在一个星系中,隐藏在宇宙某个被遗忘的角落里,那里的星系比人类多得多。

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies, a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

当一个孩子在其早期的愚行中被纵容或制止时,一般就为将来的人的幸福或痛苦奠定了基础。

Families are the Nurseries of all Societies; and the First combinations of mankind.

家庭是所有社会的托儿所;人类的第一次组合。