In the discovery of secret things and in the investigation of hidden causes, stronger reasons are obtained from sure experiments and demonstrated arguments than from probable conjectures and the opinions of philosophical speculators of the common sort.

  • -- William Gilbert 威廉·吉尔伯特

在发现秘密的事物和研究隐藏的原因时,从可靠的实验和论证中得到的理由比从一般哲学投机者的推测和意见中得到的理由更充分。

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Some years ago there was a study to discover the most stressful occupation. It turned out not to be the head of a large business, football manager or prime minister, but rather: bus driver.

几年前,有一项研究发现了压力最大的职业。结果发现,他不是一家大企业的负责人、足球经理或首相,而是一名巴士司机。

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

任何国家的知识状况将对其所采用的一般教学制度产生直接影响,这是一项显而易见的原则,不需要进行调查。

In some sort of crude sense, which no vulgarity, no humor, no overstatement can quite extinguish, the physicists have known sin; and this is a knowledge which they cannot lose.

在某种粗鄙的意义上,任何粗俗、幽默、夸张都不能完全消除,物理学家已经认识到罪;这是他们不能失去的知识。

The first step toward finding God, Who is Truth, is to discover the truth about myself: and if I have been in error, this first step to truth is the discovery of my error.

找到真理的上帝的第一步,是发现关于我自己的真理。如果我犯了错误,找到真理的第一步就是发现我的错误。

The cloud that descended on Black Rock on Monday was not for the past but the future. How much will this debacle chill the pursuit of other risky investigations?

周一降临在黑岩上的云不是过去的,而是未来的。这场溃败将在多大程度上阻碍其它高风险调查的进行?

I get to experiment with a lot of looks with my character so that's really fun for me. It's like getting to paint a new canvas everyday.

我可以对我的角色进行各种各样的尝试,这对我来说真的很有趣。这就像每天都要画一幅新的画布。

Rain slowly slides down the glass as if the night is crying.

雨点慢慢地从玻璃上滑落,仿佛黑夜在哭泣。

My drumming is always an experiment.

我的打鼓一直是个实验。