For having lived long, I have experienced many instances of being obliged, by better information or fuller consideration, to change opinions, even on important subjects, which I once thought right but found to be otherwise.

  • -- Benjamin Franklin 本杰明富兰克林

由于长命百岁,我经历过许多这样的事例:由于获得了更好的信息或更充分的考虑,我不得不改变自己的观点,甚至在一些重要的问题上也是如此。我曾经认为这些观点是正确的,但后来发现事实并非如此。

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Being on the run, having to change the way that you do business, being unable to plan in a safe and secure environment, always looking over your shoulder, knowing that some day somebody's going to knock on your door and it's going to be your last.

四处奔波,不得不改变做生意的方式,无法在一个安全可靠的环境中制定计划,总是小心翼翼,知道总有一天会有人来敲你的门,这将是你的最后一次。

All political thinking for years past has been vitiated in the same way. People can foresee the future only when it coincides with their own wishes, and the most grossly obvious facts can be ignored when they are unwelcome.

多年来所有的政治思想都以同样的方式被玷污了。人们只有在符合自己意愿的时候才能预见未来,而最明显的事实在不受欢迎的时候可以被忽略。

I believe that I'm entitled to regard my pre-political life as off-limits in terms of what can be looked at and judged.

我相信我有权利把我的前政治生活看作是可以观察和判断的禁区。

In the midst of winter, I found there was, within me, an invincible summer.

隆冬时节,我发现我的内心有一个不可战胜的夏天。

Getting to know someone in blind darkness changes your impression of them.

在黑暗中认识一个人会改变你对他的印象。

When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction.

当我死后,我将把我的身体留给科幻小说。

It requires ages to destroy a popular opinion.

要摧毁一种流行的观点需要很长时间。

I soon found law school an unmitigated bore.

我很快就发现法学院是个十足的讨厌鬼。