There are thus great swathes of the past where understanding is more important and reputable than judgement, because the principal actors performed in line with the ideas and values of that time, not of ours.

  • -- Douglas Hurd 韩达德

因此,在过去的许多时候,理解比判断更重要,更有信誉,因为主要的行动者的行为符合当时的思想和价值观,而不是我们的。

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It is through living that we discover ourselves, at the same time as we discover the world around us.

正是通过生活,我们发现了自己,同时也发现了周围的世界。

Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.

能写格言的人不应该把时间浪费在随笔上。