Few new truths have ever won their way against the resistance of established ideas save by being overstated.

  • -- Isaiah Berlin 以赛亚·伯林

除了被夸大,很少有新的真理能够战胜既定观念的阻力。

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The dogmas of the quiet past are inadequate to the stormy present. The occasion is piled high with difficulty, and we must rise with the occasion. As our case is new, so we must think anew and act anew.

宁静的过去的教条已不足以应付狂风暴雨的现在。困难重重,我们必须顺势而起。因为我们的情况是新的,所以我们必须重新思考,重新行动。

I've said very clearly, including in a State of the Union address, that I'm against 'don't ask, don't tell' and that we're going to end this policy.

我已经非常明确地说过,包括在国情咨文中,我反对“不问不说”,我们将结束这一政策。

When I played, I received racial abuse but I was just one of a few black players and we weren't backed up by the authorities.

当我踢球的时候,我受到了种族歧视,但我只是少数黑人球员之一,我们没有得到官方的支持。

A novel is balanced between a few true impressions and the multitude of false ones that make up most of what we call life.

一部小说在一些真实的印象和许多虚假的印象之间取得平衡,而这些印象构成了我们所说的生活的大部分。

We bring together the best ideas - turning the meetings of our top managers into intellectual orgies.

我们汇集了最好的创意——把高层管理者的会议变成智力上的狂欢。

Once you achieve a certain level of success or fame, it becomes really difficult to go against type.

一旦你获得了一定程度的成功或名声,你就很难与类型背道而驰了。