How can we expect another to keep our secret if we have been unable to keep it ourselves?

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

如果我们自己都不能保守秘密,又怎么能指望别人替我们保守秘密呢?

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There is probably an element of malice in our readiness to overestimate people - we are, as it were, laying up for ourselves the pleasure of later cutting them down to size.

在我们准备过高估计别人的时候,可能有一种恶意的成分——可以说,我们是在为自己积累一种乐趣,以便以后把他们的身材缩小。

I think cubism has not fully been developed. It is treated like a style, pigeonholed and that's it.

我认为立体主义还没有完全发展起来。它被视为一种风格,被归类,仅此而已。

It is a paradox that as we reach out prime, we also see there is a place where it finishes.

这是一个悖论,当我们向质数伸出手时,我们也看到了质数结束的地方。

Orwell has always been a huge influence on me.

奥威尔对我的影响一直很大。