Poor human reason, when it trusts in itself, substitutes the strangest absurdities for the highest divine concepts.

  • -- Saint John Chrysostom 克里索斯托

可怜的人类理性,当它相信自己的时候,用最奇怪的荒谬来代替最高的神圣概念。

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The fundamental fact about the Greek was that he had to use his mind. The ancient priests had said, "Thus far and no farther. We set the limits of thought." The Greek said, "All things are to be examined and called into question. There are no limits set on thought."

关于希腊人最基本的事实是他必须运用他的头脑。古代的祭司说过:“到此为止,不要再往前走了。”我们设定了思维的极限。”希腊人说、凡事都要审问审问。思想是没有限制的。”

Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.

经济学家们开始认识到,严格按照平均收入来衡量国家财富和贫困,并不能说明一个社会的健康状况或生存能力有多么重要。

A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.

写作过程中有一个失败的比例。废纸篓的发展是有原因的。

Poverty may be the mother of crime, but lack of good sense is the father.

贫穷可能是犯罪之母,但缺乏理智则是犯罪之父。