Books are standing counselors and preachers, always at hand, and always disinterested; having this advantage over oral instructors that they are ready to repeat their lessons as often as we please.

  • -- Robert Chambers 钱伯斯

书是站着的顾问和传道人,总是在手边,总是无私的;与口语老师相比,他们有一个优势,那就是他们随时准备重复他们的课程。

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The adaptive markets hypothesis says that all economic institutions, like our own species, develop and change over time, depending on the population of investors that are engaged with them.

适应性市场假说认为,所有经济机构,就像我们人类一样,都会随着时间的推移而发展和变化,这取决于与之打交道的投资者群体。

I'm familiar with that feeling of silence that comes with a very imminent catastrophe, when you know you have absolutely no control over a situation.

我很熟悉那种即将到来的灾难带来的沉默感,当你知道你完全无法控制局面时。

It is a fact often observed, that men have written good verses under the inspiration of passion, who cannot write well under other circumstances.

人们常常注意到,在激情的激励下写出好诗的人,在其他情况下却写不好。

There is a great deal of difference between an eager man who wants to read a book and the tired man who wants a book to read.

一个渴望读书的人与一个疲惫的人之间有很大的区别。

I grew up in a family in which political issues were often discussed, and debated intensely.

我生长在一个政治问题经常被讨论和激烈辩论的家庭。

The mind is like an unsafe neighbourhood. Don't go there alone.

思想就像一个不安全的邻居。不要一个人去那里。