The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

  • -- Adam Smith 亚当·史密斯

能够吸收最多的事实,并坚持这样做,一代又一代,通过所有的意见和细节的变化,是一个理论,必须统治所有的观察。

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When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

当提到自由时,我们必须始终谨慎地观察,这是不是真正的主张个人利益,从而被指定。

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.

理论不仅规定了我们所知道的东西,而且告诉我们我们想知道什么,也就是需要答案的问题。

I think the greatest amount of pressure is the pressure I place on myself. So in a way I chose to be alone.

我认为最大的压力是我对自己施加的压力。所以在某种程度上,我选择了独处。

Association with human beings lures one into self-observation.

与人交往会吸引人进行自我观察。

My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted.

我的进化论是达尔文被采纳了。

But the greatest of these is love.

但其中最伟大的是爱。