To err is human also in so far as animals seldom or never err, or at least only the cleverest of them do so.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

人也会犯错,因为动物很少或从不犯错,或者至少只有最聪明的动物才会犯错。

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Once we realize that imperfect understanding is the human condition there is no shame in being wrong, only in failing to correct our mistakes.

一旦我们认识到不完全理解是人类的本性,犯错并不可耻,可耻的是没有改正我们的错误。

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to substitutes is one of life's major mysteries.

一个人的身体对另一个特定的身体的绝对渴望及其对替代品的漠不关心是生命的主要奥秘之一。

If some animals are good at hunting and others are suitable for hunting, then the Gods must clearly smile on hunting.

如果一些动物擅长狩猎,而另一些动物则适合狩猎,那么神灵在狩猎时一定会露出明显的微笑。

A widow's refusal of a lover is seldom so explicit as to exclude hope.

寡妇对情人的拒绝很少明确到排除希望的程度。

How seldom we weigh our neighbor in the same balance with ourselves.

我们很少用同样的天平来衡量我们的邻居。

The only animals that we test on are the two of us and our kids.

我们测试的动物只有我们俩和我们的孩子。