On the whole, human beings want to be good, but not too good, and not quite all the time.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

总的来说,人类想要变好,但不是太好,也不是一直都很好。

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If a man walks in the woods for love of them half of each day, he is in danger of being regarded as a loafer. But if he spends his days as a speculator, shearing off those woods and making the earth bald before her time, he is deemed an industrious and enterprising citizen.

如果一个人每天有一半的时间是为了爱他们而在树林里散步,那么他就有可能被认为是一个游手好闲的人。但如果他把自己的时间花在投机上,在她之前砍掉那些树木,让地球光秃秃的,他就被认为是一个勤奋进取的公民。

I don't see any reason to quit playing. I'll be doing this at least till I get to a hundred and something. You know, I ain't got far to go. But I'm still going to be playing, as long as I have good ideas, and can play as I do.

我看不出有任何理由停止打球。我至少要干到一百岁左右。你知道,我没有走多远。但只要我有好主意,而且能像现在这样打球,我还是会继续打球。

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. There's many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher.

无论我走到哪里,都会有人问我,我是否认为大学扼杀了作家。我的观点是,他们没有扼杀足够多的。有许多畅销书本可以被一个好老师阻止。

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace; but the first wonder is the offspring of ignorance, the last is the parent of adoration

一切哲学都是在惊奇中开始的,在惊奇中结束,赞美充满了空间;但第一个奇迹是无知的产物,最后一个奇迹是崇拜之母

Virtue may be assailed, but never hurt, Surprised by unjust force, but not enthralled; Yea even that which mischief meant most harm - Shall in the happy trial prove most glory.

美德可能受到攻击,但永远不会受到伤害;是的,即使是最有害的伤害,在快乐的试炼中也会证明是最光荣的。

We’re adults. I might be a little more of an adult if you’re counting years but I bet I have a lower IQ, so that puts us pretty much even.

我们是成年人。如果你算上我的年龄,我可能更像一个成年人,但我打赌我的智商更低,所以这让我们几乎持平。

I cannot remember a time when the Golden Rule was not my motto and precept, the torch that guided my footsteps.

我不记得黄金法则不是我的座右铭和训诫,不是指引我前进的火炬。

When times are bad, the gloves come off and employers are less nice. People become disposable.

当经济形势不好的时候,老板们就不那么友好了。人们会一次性。

Art has to move you and design does not, unless it's a good design for a bus.

艺术能打动你,而设计却不能,除非它是一个好的公共汽车设计。

Virtue is bold, and goodness never fearful.

美德是勇敢的,善良从来无所畏惧。