One must verify or expel his doubts, and convert them into the certainty of Yes or NO.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

一个人必须验证或排除他的怀疑,并将其转化为肯定的是或不是。

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If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation. ... Why should you be frightened?"

当我走进一个坐满人的房间时,如果我有过胆怯的倾向,我会对自己说:“你是这个国家最聪明的阶层中最聪明的家庭里最聪明的成员。”你为什么要害怕呢?”

When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.

当我年轻的时候,我对一切都很有把握;在几年的时间里,我犯了一千次错误,对大多数事情都不像以前那样半信半疑了。目前,除了神所启示的以外,我对任何事情都没有把握。

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself, and you are the easiest person to fool.

第一条原则是你不能欺骗自己,你是最容易被欺骗的人。

With foxes we must play the fox.

和狐狸打交道,我们必须狡猾。