Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

你当晓得自己,不要以为神鉴察。真正研究人类的是人。

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I turned my attention for a while to gamma ray astronomy and soon began the first in a continous series of experiments at the Savannah River site to study the properties of the neutrino.

我把注意力转到伽马射线天文学上,不久就开始了萨凡纳河现场一系列连续实验的第一个,以研究中微子的性质。

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想,他一定会抛弃上帝,在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。

To the press alone, chequered as it is with abuses, the world is indebted for all the triumphs which have been gained by reason and humanity over error and oppression.

仅仅对新闻界来说,尽管滥用职权的情况错综复杂,但世界对理性和人道主义战胜错误和压迫所取得的一切胜利应负全责。

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

几乎每个有想法的人都会把它发展到看起来不可能的程度,然后他就会泄气。这不是气馁的地方。

It's one of the tragic ironies of the theatre that only one man in it can count on steady work - the night watchman.

剧院里只有一个人能指望稳定的工作,那就是守夜人,这是悲剧的讽刺之一。

Only a monopolist could study a business and ruin it by giving away products.

只有垄断者才会研究一家企业,并通过赠送产品来毁掉它。