The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

对确定性的要求是人类的天性,但也是一种智力上的恶习。

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The various forms of intellectual activity which together make up the culture of an age, move for the most part from different starting-points, and by unconnected roads.

构成一个时代文化的各种形式的智力活动,在很大程度上是由不同的起点和不相连的道路所构成的。

The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.

我无休止地生活在这样一个世界里,注定是要失败的,但无论如何,我认为还是有值得庆祝的地方。

It's too bad for us 'literary' enthusiasts, but it's the truth nevertheless - pictures tell any story more effectively than words.

这对我们这些“文学”爱好者来说太糟糕了,但这是事实——图片比文字更能有效地讲述故事。

You have to test your hypothesis against other theories. Certainty in the face of complex situations is very dangerous.

你必须用其他理论来检验你的假设。在复杂的情况下,确定性是非常危险的。

He was a sociologist; he had got into an intellectual muddle early on in life and never managed to get out.

他是一位社会学家;他早年就陷入了智力上的混乱,一直没能摆脱出来。

The best lack all conviction, while the worst Are full of passionate intensity.

最好的缺乏所有的信念,而最差的充满激情的强度。