People will not look forward to posterity, who never look backward to their ancestors.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

人不瞻望子孙,人不瞻仰祖先。

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Mind and spirit together make up that which separates us from the rest of the animal world, that which enables a man to know the truth and that which enables him to die for the truth.

思想和精神共同构成了我们与动物世界的区别,它使人知道真理,使人为真理而死。

The Spirit communicating to your spirit is the most effective and fundamental of communications. Write it down. As you write down impressions of the Spirit, more are given.

与你的精神沟通是最有效和最基本的沟通。把它写下来。当你写下对精神的印象时,你会得到更多。

As to whether the people who were supposedly to put up the money and did put it up or whether it was Arthur's own money is something which I shall never know.

至于那些应该出钱的人真的出钱了,还是亚瑟自己的钱,我永远也不会知道。

One who is proud of ancestry is like a turnip; there is nothing good of him but that which is underground.

以祖先为荣的人就像萝卜;除了地下的东西,他没有什么好东西。

On the Internet you get continuous innovation, so every year the streams are a little better.

在互联网上,你可以不断地创新,所以每年的流量都有所改善。

I am no longer concerned with sensation and innovation, but with the perfection of my style.

我不再注重感觉和创新,而是注重自己风格的完善。

People are always neglecting something they can do in trying to do something they can't do.

人们总是在试图做他们不能做的事情时忽略了他们能做的事情。

I would rather make my name than inherit it.

我宁愿创造我的名字,也不愿继承它。