Wandering in a vast forest at night, I have only a faint light to guide me. A stranger appears and says to me: 'My friend, you should blow out your candle in order to find your way more clearly.' This stranger is a theologian.

  • -- Denis Diderot 狄德罗

夜晚漫步在浩瀚的森林里,只有微弱的灯光指引着我。一个陌生人出现了,对我说:‘朋友,你应该吹灭蜡烛,以便更清楚地找到路。“这个陌生人是个神学家。

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We couldn't be making as much money, if we had to deal with stranger behaviour. And right now, anybody who slows down our economic productivity, off they go. We have a place for them, the psychiatric institution. That's the main thing, they slow things down.

如果我们必须处理陌生人的行为,我们不可能赚那么多钱。现在,任何降低我们经济生产力的人,都得走人。我们给他们留了个地方,精神病院。这是最主要的,他们会让事情慢下来。

You're neither friend nor foe. Though I can't seem to let you go. The one thing that I still know is that you're keeping me down.

你既不是朋友也不是敌人。虽然我似乎不能让你走。我还知道的一件事是你一直在打压我。

The theologian considers sin mainly as an offence against God; the moral philosopher as contrary to reasonableness.

神学家认为罪主要是对上帝的冒犯;与理性相悖的道德哲学家。

Honest criticism is hard to take, particularly from a relative, a friend, an acquaintance or a stranger.

诚实的批评很难接受,尤其是来自亲戚、朋友、熟人或陌生人的批评。

Theories of love are found in the works of scientists, philosophers, and theologians.

爱的理论可以在科学家、哲学家和神学家的著作中找到。

I would prefer as friend a good man ignorant than one more clever who is evil too.

我宁愿与无知的好人做朋友,也不愿与同样邪恶的聪明人做朋友。