For people who have no critical acumen, a state is a mythical entity, for those who think critically it is a rational fiction, created by man in order to facilitate human coexistence.

  • -- Friedrich Durrenmatt 迪伦马特

对于没有批判性思维的人来说,国家是一个虚构的实体;对于那些批判性思维的人来说,国家是一个理性的虚构,是人类为了促进人类共存而创造的。

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Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.

通过最广泛意义上的艺术和科学,有可能为改善和丰富人类生活作出永久的贡献,而我们学生从事的正是这些追求。

And poets, in my view, and I think the view of most people, do speak God's language - it's better, it's finer, it's language on a higher plane than ordinary people speak in their daily lives.

而诗人,在我看来,我认为大多数人的观点,的确是在说上帝的语言——它比普通人在日常生活中说的语言更好,更好,更高级。

Do not measure your loss by itself; if you do, it will seem intolerable; but if you will take all human affairs into account you will find that some comfort is to be derived from them.

不要自己估量你的损失;如果你这样做了,就会显得不可容忍;但是,如果你把所有人的事情都考虑进去,你就会发现从中会得到一些安慰。

It is astonishing what an effort it seems to be for many people to put their brains definitely and systematically to work.

令人惊讶的是,对于许多人来说,把他们的大脑完全地、系统地投入到工作中似乎是一项多么大的努力。

The time is right for electric cars - in fact the time is critical.

对电动汽车来说,现在正是时候——事实上,时机非常关键。

I'm more critical of the films I make than anyone else.

我对自己拍的电影比任何人都要挑剔。