Men go abroad to admire the heights of mountains, the mighty billows of the sea, the broad tides of rivers, the compass of the ocean, and the circuits of the stars, and pass themselves by.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

人们到国外去欣赏高山、大海的汹涌澎湃、河流的汹涌澎湃、海洋的罗盘和星星的运行轨迹,然后就从那里经过了。

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Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想,他一定会抛弃上帝,在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。

In wonder all philosophy began, in wonder it ends, and admiration fill up the interspace; but the first wonder is the offspring of ignorance, the last is the parent of adoration

一切哲学都是在惊奇中开始的,在惊奇中结束,赞美充满了空间;但第一个奇迹是无知的产物,最后一个奇迹是崇拜之母

Mankind is not a circle with a single center but an ellipse with two focal points of which facts are one and ideas the other.

人类不是一个只有一个中心的圆,而是一个有两个焦点的椭圆,其中一个焦点是事实,另一个焦点是思想。

Gal your admiration if a tick me from the start. With your physical attraction gal you know to feel the spark.

从一开始就给我打个勾,你会钦佩我的。与你的身体吸引力的女孩,你知道感觉火花。

It is the nature of a man as he grows older- to protest against change, particularly changes for the better

随着年龄的增长,人的本性就是反对变化,特别是向好的变化

The only things one can admire at length are those one admires without knowing why.

一个人唯一能欣赏的东西是那些他不知道为什么而欣赏的东西。

I think you can leave the arts, superior or inferior, to the conscience of mankind.

我认为你可以把艺术,无论优劣,留给人类的良知去决定。

One whose breath is felt in heaven.

他的气息能在天堂感觉到。