By what criterion... can we distinguish among the numberless effects, that are also causes, and among the causes that may, for aught we can know, be also effects, - how can we distinguish which are the means and which are the ends?

  • -- Chauncey Wright 他的学生赖特

的标准……我们能在无数的结果中加以区分吗?这些结果也是原因,而在我们所知道的原因中,也许也是结果,我们怎么能区分哪些是手段,哪些是目的呢?

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I've been around horses, but I certainly wouldn't call myself a horseman by any means. It's a combination of being very aware of them, and not trusting them.

我曾和马打交道,但我绝对不会自称为骑手。这是非常了解他们,但又不信任他们的结合。

Why is it that right-wing bastards always stand shoulder to shoulder in solidarity, while liberals fall out among themselves?

为什么右翼的混蛋总是肩并肩站在一起,而自由主义者却互相争吵?

If reason is a universal faculty, the decision of the common mind is the nearest criterion of truth.

如果理性是一种普遍的能力,那么普通头脑的决定就是对真理最接近的判断标准。

We're writing a book together. She just finished one. Did you read it? Among the Porcupines?

我们正在一起写一本书。她刚做完一个。你看了吗?豪猪的吗?

Every time you hear a bell ring, it means that some angel's just got his wings.

每次你听到铃响,就意味着某个天使长了翅膀。

Only a man's character is the real criterion of worth.

只有一个人的品格才是真正的价值标准。