There are various sorts of curiosity; one is from interest, which makes us desire to know that which may be useful to us; and the other, from pride which comes from the wish to know what others are ignorant of.

  • -- Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld 弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵

有各种各样的好奇心;一是兴趣,它使我们渴望知道对我们有用的东西;另一种是骄傲,它来自于想知道别人所不知道的东西的愿望。

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We get on the bandwagon in all sorts of ways - you know minor ways and major ways - like what you've just encountered which isn't censorship exactly, it was something sort of uglier in a way.

我们以各种各样的方式追赶潮流——你知道小的方式和大的方式——就像你刚刚遇到的不是严格意义上的审查,而是某种更丑陋的方式。

Leisure and curiosity might soon make great advances in useful knowledge, were they not diverted by minute emulation and laborious trifles.

如果闲暇和好奇心不被细微的模仿和费力的琐事所分散,它们可能很快就会在有用的知识方面取得巨大的进步。

Why is it that when one man builds a wall, the next man immediately needs to know what's on the other side?

为什么当一个人建了一堵墙,另一个人马上就需要知道另一边是什么?

The alchemists in their search for gold discovered many other things of greater value.

炼金术士在寻找金子的过程中发现了许多其他更有价值的东西。

Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers.

判断一个人要看他的问题而不是他的回答。