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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。

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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。

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Why isn't it natural for people who have lived and worked at something to want to use the knowledge and capacity in a new way, free from the burden of making a living?

为什么对于那些生活和工作过的人来说，想要以一种新的方式使用知识和能力，摆脱谋生的负担不是一件很自然的事情呢?

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As soon as man does not take his existence for granted, but beholds it as something unfathomably mysterious, thought begins.

只要人不把自己的存在看成是理所当然的，而是把它看成一种深不可测的神秘的东西，思想就开始了。

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The superior man makes the difficulty to be overcome his first interest; success only comes later.

强者把克服困难当作自己的首要兴趣;成功只会来得更晚。

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Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

环境规则的男人;人不能左右环境。

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People take reality for granted.

人们认为现实是理所当然的。

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