Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

  • -- Clive Bell 克莱夫·贝尔

只有理性才能使我们相信这三个基本真理,而不承认这三个真理,就不可能有真正的自由:我们相信的不一定是真理;我们喜欢的不一定是好的;所有的问题都是开放的。

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I noticed that no matter where I went in the country, there was this group of questions that got asked. I would track them and keep them in categories. Like body image, school, family, friendship, you name it, the emotional life of a teenage girl.

我注意到,无论我去了这个国家的哪个地方,总会有人问我这样的问题。我会跟踪他们,并把他们分类。就像身体意象,学校,家庭,友谊,你能想到的,一个十几岁女孩的情感生活。

Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?

当然,相对引用频率并不能衡量相对重要性。谁没有想过要写一篇如此基础的论文,以至于很快大家都知道了,却没有人引用它呢?

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

但当我十二岁的时候,我第一次强烈地看到了存在的基本力量之一,它是我注定要终生追随的——那就是美。

All that non-fiction can do is answer questions. It's fiction's business to ask them.

非小说类作品所能做的就是回答问题。问他们是小说的事。

People who have good relationships at home are more effective in the marketplace.

家庭关系好的人在市场上更有效率。

The most effective way to do it, is to do it.

最有效的方法就是去做。