Most human beings have an almost infinite capacity for taking things for granted. That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

大多数人都有一种近乎无限的能力,认为一切都是理所当然的。人不能从历史的教训中学到很多东西,这是所有历史教训中最重要的一条。

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I think, then, that man, after having satisfied his first longing for facts, wanted something fuller - some grouping, some adaptation to his capacity and experience, of the links of this vast chain of events which his sight could not take in.

那么,我想,那个人在满足了他最初对事实的渴望之后,想要更全面的东西——某种对他的能力和经验的组合,某种对他的视野所不能理解的这一连串事件的联系的适应。

One of the things I learned the hard way was that it doesn' t pay to get discouraged. Keeping busy and making optimism a way of life can restore your faith in yourself.

我从惨痛的经历中学到的一件事是,灰心丧气是得不偿失的。保持忙碌和乐观的生活方式可以恢复你对自己的信心。

Men may change their climate, but they cannot change their nature. A man that goes out a fool cannot ride or sail himself into common sense.

人类可以改变他们的气候,但不能改变他们的本性。一个出去当傻瓜的人,既不能骑马,也不能航海,使自己进入常识。

I was in my yard and thought that the tree was a living being. We take trees for granted. We don't believe they are as much alive as we are.

我在院子里,以为这棵树是有生命的。我们认为树木是理所当然的。我们不相信他们像我们一样活着。

We cannot perform our tasks to the best of our power, unless we think well of our own capacity.

除非我们对自己的能力有良好的认识,否则我们就不能充分发挥我们的能力来完成我们的任务。

I'm so vigorous, and I so take it for granted, because I've always been a real physical person.

我很有活力,我认为这是理所当然的,因为我一直是一个真正的身体健全的人。

We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.

我们不能用创造问题时的思维来解决问题。

When women go wrong, men go right after them.

女人犯错时,男人紧随其后。