When a man is made up wholly of the dove, without the least grain of the serpent in his composition, he becomes ridiculous in many circumstances of life, and very often discredits his best actions

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

当一个人完全由鸽子组成,而没有一点蛇的成分时,他在生活中的许多情况下就会变得可笑,并常常使他最好的行为蒙羞

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After I had been working as a cap maker for three years it began to dawn on me that we girls needed an organization. The men had organized already, and had gained some advantages, but the bosses had lost nothing, as they took it out on us.

在我做了三年帽子制造商之后,我开始意识到我们女孩子需要一个组织。这些人已经组织好了,并且取得了一些优势,但是老板们什么也没有损失,因为他们把矛头对准了我们。

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

很少有比冷静地回答他认为不应该严厉的批评更能使哲学家与众不同的了。

Bullshit is unavoidable whenever circumstance require someone to talk without knowing what he is talking about.

当环境要求某人在不知道自己在说什么的情况下说话时,扯淡是不可避免的。

Men exist for the sake of one another.

人是为彼此而存在的。