A great many things have been pronounced untrue and absurd, and even impossible, by the highest authorities in the age in which they lived, which have afterwards, and, indeed, within a very short period, been found to be both possible and true.

  • -- Catherine Crowe 凯瑟琳·克劳

他们所生活的那个时代的最高权威曾说过许多事情都是不真实的,荒谬的,甚至是不可能的。后来,甚至在很短的时间内,人们发现这些事情都是可能的,也是真实的。

相关名言

It would be very discouraging if somewhere down the line you could ask a computer if the Riemann hypothesis is correct and it said, 'Yes, it is true, but you won't be able to understand the proof.'

如果你问一台电脑黎曼假设是否正确,它说:“是的,它是正确的,但你无法理解这个证明,这将是非常令人沮丧的。”

It's good to raise awareness that men and boys are struggling, at least many of them are. But why say men are finished? It's too harsh, too sweeping, and it happens to not be true.

让人们意识到男人和男孩都在挣扎,这是件好事,至少他们中的许多人都在挣扎。但为什么说男人完了呢?这太苛刻了,太笼统了,而且碰巧不是真的。

Living in dreams of yesterday, we find ourselves still dreaming of impossible future conquests.

生活在昨天的梦里,我们发现自己仍然梦想着未来不可能的征服。

In poetry everything which must be said is almost impossible to say well.

在诗歌中,必须说的每句话几乎都不可能说得好。