We see past time in a telescope and present time in a microscope. Hence the apparent enormities of the present.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

我们用望远镜看过去,用显微镜看现在。因此,目前的情况显然是极其恶劣的。

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Desire then is the invasion of the whole self by the wish, which, as it invades, sets going more and more of the psychical processes; but at the same time, so long as it remains desire, does not succeed in getting possession of the self.

因此,欲望是欲望对整个自我的入侵,当它入侵时,会导致越来越多的心理过程;但与此同时,只要欲望还在,就不能成功地占有自我。

Science is the greatest creative impulse of our time. It dominates the intellectual scene and forms our lives, not only in the material things which it has given us, but also in that it guides our spirit.

科学是我们这个时代最伟大的创造动力。它支配着我们的精神世界,形成了我们的生活,不仅在它所给予我们的物质方面,而且在它指导我们的精神方面。

I think if I weren't so squeamish, I would have been some sort of forensic analyst. And I can't do anything with a microscope, because then I start thinking about the world of germs around us.

我想如果我不是那么神经质的话,我可能已经是某种法医分析师了。我不能用显微镜做任何事,因为我开始思考我们周围的细菌世界。

For my confirmation, I didn't get a watch and my first pair of long pants, like most Lutheran boys. I got a telescope. My mother thought it would make the best gift.

为了确认我的身份,我没有像大多数路德教男孩那样,得到一块手表和我的第一条长裤。我有一个望远镜。我妈妈认为这是最好的礼物。

Adulthood is the ever-shrinking period between childhood and old age. It is the apparent aim of modern industrial societies to reduce this period to a minimum.

成年期是童年和老年之间不断缩小的时期。现代工业社会的明显目标是把这段时期减少到最低限度。

I have a fine lot of telescopes. I have one with which I can see the Mountains in the Moon.

我有很多很好的望远镜。我有一个可以看到月亮上的山。