Science is the knowledge of consequences, and dependence of one fact upon another.

  • -- Thomas Hobbes 托马斯·霍布斯

科学是关于结果的知识,是一个事实对另一个事实的依赖。

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Lawmakers who interfere with commerce and the normal creation of jobs in an economy run the risk of doing harm rather than good. Unintended consequences from regulating or legislating to achieve a goal can occur and cause havoc in the markets or an economy.

干预商业和经济中正常创造就业机会的立法者冒着弊大于利的风险。通过监管或立法来实现目标可能会产生意想不到的后果,并在市场或经济中造成严重破坏。

How many slams in an old screen door? Depends how loud you shut it. How many slices in a bread? Depends how thin you cut it. How much good inside a day? Depends how good you live 'em. How much love inside a friend? Depends how much you give 'em.

一扇旧纱门能砰地关上几下?这取决于你关的声音有多大。一个面包有几片?这取决于你切得多薄。一天内有多少好东西?这取决于你生活得有多好。这取决于你给他们多少。

Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

依赖带来顺从和腐败,扼杀美德的萌芽,为野心的设计准备合适的工具。

My actions are my only true belongings: I cannot escape their consequences. My actions are the ground on which I stand.

我的行为是我唯一真正的财产:我无法逃避它们的后果。我的行动是我立足的基础。

I've only been to high school on TV and in movies. I've never actually been to high school.

我只在电视和电影上读过高中。我从来没有上过高中。

Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life.

科学是有组织的知识。智慧是有组织的生活。