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It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

一个杰出的人想要逃避责难是愚蠢的，而受责难的影响是软弱的表现。古代所有的杰出人物，甚至世界上各个时代的人，都经历过这种激烈的迫害。

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Man's striving for order, of which art is but one manifestation, derives from a similar universal tendency throughout the organic world; it is also paralleled by, and perhaps derived from, the striving towards the state of simplest structure in physical systems.

人类对秩序的追求，艺术只是秩序的一种表现形式，这种追求源于整个有机世界的一种类似的普遍倾向;与之并行的，或许还源自于对物理系统中最简单结构状态的追求。

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Women's strong qualities have become despised because of their weakness. The obvious remedy is to create a feminine character with all the strength of Superman plus all the allure of a good and beautiful woman.

女人的坚强品质因为她们的软弱而受到轻视。显而易见的补救办法是创造一个女性角色，拥有超人的所有力量，再加上一个善良美丽女人的所有魅力。

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Not a few other very eminent and scholarly men made the same request, urging that I should no longer through fear refuse to give out my work for the common benefit of students of Mathematics.

不少杰出的学者也提出了同样的要求，敦促我不要再因为害怕而拒绝为数学学生的共同利益而放弃我的工作。

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I listen to them freely and with all the respect merited by their intelligence, their character, their knowledge, reserving always my incontestable right of criticism and censure.

我自由地倾听他们的意见，并以他们的智慧、他们的品格、他们的知识所应得的一切尊重，始终保留着我无可争辩的批评和非难的权利。

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You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

你应该读历史，看看排斥，迫害，殉道等等。你知道，这些事总是发生在最好的人身上。

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My first novel was rejected by some of the most eminent publishers in the world. Starting again was a real wrench.

我的第一部小说被一些世界上最著名的出版商拒绝了。重新开始是件很痛苦的事。

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Man has made many machines, complex and cunning, but which of them indeed rivals the workings of his heart?

人类制造了许多复杂而狡猾的机器，但它们中哪一个能真正与人类心脏的工作相匹敌呢?

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Persecution produced its natural effect on them. It found them a sect; it made them a faction.

迫害对他们产生了自然的影响。它为他们找到了一个教派;这使他们成为一个派系。

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Once we know our weaknesses they cease to do us any harm.

一旦我们知道了自己的弱点，它们就不会再伤害我们了。

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Man's wisdom is his best friend; folly his worst enemy.

人的智慧是他最好的朋友;愚蠢是他最大的敌人。

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A fool will laugh when he is drowning.

傻瓜溺水时会笑。

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