However, one cannot put a quart in a pint cup.

  • -- Charlotte Perkins Gilman 吉尔曼

然而,一个人不能把一夸脱放在一品脱的杯子里。

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Believe nothing, no matter where you read it or who has said it, not even if i have said it, unless it  agrees with your own reason and your own common sense.

不要相信任何东西,无论你在哪里读到的,也无论谁说过,即使我说过,也不要相信,除非它符合你自己的理性和常识。

Nothing is predestined. The obstacles of your past can become the gateways that lead to new beginnings.

没有什么是注定的。过去的障碍可以成为通向新的开始的大门。

The challenge of modernity is to live without illusions and without becoming disillusioned.

现代性的挑战在于不抱幻想,不幻灭。

The brains of a fox will be of little service if you play with the paw of a lion.

如果你玩弄狮子的爪子,狐狸的大脑将毫无用处。

It doesn't matter who my father was; it matters who I remember he was.

我父亲是谁并不重要;重要的是我记得他是谁。

The way to screw up somebody's life is to give them what they want.

毁掉别人生活的方法就是给他们想要的。