We can be absolutely certain only about things we do not understand.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

我们只能对我们不理解的事情绝对肯定。

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People expect me to be dark and gloomy, then write that I'm a jolly chap, and after all, that is what I am. I think it's a case of an absolute romantic naivety that there should be a parallel between the work and the artist.

人们希望我阴郁阴郁,然后写我是一个快乐的人,毕竟,这就是我。我认为这是一个绝对浪漫天真的例子,在作品和艺术家之间应该有一个平行。

I'm a Utilitarian, so I don't see the rule against lying as absolute; it's always subject to some overriding utility which may prevent its exercise.

我是个功利主义者,所以我不认为反对说谎的规则是绝对的;它总是受制于一些凌驾于它之上的实用程序,这可能会阻止它的运行。

You never know how things are going to turn out, however much you plan. But you already know that.

无论你怎么计划,你永远不知道事情的结果会怎样。但你已经知道了。

Getting emotional about things is a peacetime luxury. In wartime, it's much too painful.

感情用事是和平时期的奢侈。在战时,这太痛苦了。