Don't name it, as they say, because instantly you offer it to this peculiar authority.

  • -- Robert Creeley 克里利

不要像他们说的那样,说出它的名字,因为你立刻就把它交给了这个特殊的权威。

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The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.

现代哲学的全部目的是消除个人之间的差别,并把它们当作一大批人来处理。从本质上说,这是对权威的利己主义。

When I was a child of six or seven my father would show me the chapter in the prophet Isaiah where the name Immanuel is found; more than once he spoke to me of the faith he put in me.

当我六七岁的时候,我父亲就给我看先知以赛亚书中以马内利的那一章。他不止一次对我说起他对我的信心。

There should be no effort, consciously or otherwise, that will lead to the erosion of institutional credibility and authority.

无论有意或无意,都不应作出任何将导致削弱机构信誉和权威的努力。

I've got a very peculiar sort of fame, based on being on the telly. It doesn't mean you have the lifestyle people expect.

我有一种很特别的名声,因为我在电视上。这并不意味着你拥有人们所期望的生活方式。

Belief is a very peculiar thing: we tend to put more store in a belief we like than a fact we hate.

信念是一件非常奇特的事情:我们倾向于把更多的精力放在我们喜欢的信念上,而不是我们讨厌的事实上。

You name the TV psychic - they're con men.

你说出电视通灵师的名字——他们是骗子。