There was a time when the most powerful of human intellects were deluded by the gibberish of the astrologer and the alchemist... But time advances; facts accumulate; doubts arise... The highest intellects, like the tops of mountains, are the first to catch and to reflect the dawn.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

曾经有一段时间,人类最强大的智慧被占星家和炼金术士的胡言乱语所迷惑……但是时间进步;事实的积累;怀疑出现……最高的智慧,如高山之巅,最先捕捉并反射黎明。

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With all of you men out there who think that having a thousand different ladies is pretty cool, I have learned in my life I've found out that having one woman a thousand different times is much more satisfying.

你们所有男人都认为拥有一千个不同的女人很酷,我在生活中学到,我发现拥有一个女人一千次更令人满意。

The science of the mind can only have for its proper goal the understanding of human nature by every human being, and through its use, brings peace to every human soul.

心灵科学只有以每个人对人性的理解为其正确目标,并通过对人性的使用,给每个人的灵魂带来和平。

Sometimes opportunity knocks, but most of the time it sneaks up and then quietly steals away.

有时机遇会降临,但大多数时候它悄然而至,悄然而去。

The history of human opinion is scarcely anything, more than the history of human errors.

人类观点的历史不过是人类错误的历史。