I wash my hands of those who imagine chattering to be knowledge, silence to be ignorance, and affection to be art.

  • -- Khalil Gibran 纪伯伦

对于那些把闲聊想象成知识,把沉默想象成无知,把感情想象成艺术的人,我洗手不干了。

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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调,但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

This the curse of service: Preferment goes by letter and affection, and not by old gradation, where each second stood heir to the first.

这就是为国效劳的诅咒:升迁靠的是信和感情,而不是过去那种分分秒秒都比前一秒更重要的等级制度。

Respect and affection for animals, particularly those who share our homes, recognize no geographic borders.

尊重和爱护动物,特别是那些与我们共同生活的动物,不受地域的限制。

If the blind lead the blind, both shall fall into the ditch.

瞎子领瞎子,两个人都要掉在坑里。