Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?

  • -- Evangelista Torricelli 托里切利福音

水银在容器中没有倾斜度,没有任何反感,甚至没有丝毫的反感,因此,当它进入容器时,它应该上升到足够高的水柱中,使之与迫使它上升的外部空气的重量达到平衡,这难道不奇怪吗?

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Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas.

感觉是意识到结果的条件-成功,失败,平衡,妥协或平衡,在这种不断竞争的思想。

I attend surprisingly few shows. The type of theater that is popular today just doesn't appeal to me.

令人惊讶的是,我很少参加演出。今天流行的那种戏剧对我没有吸引力。

I would love to live like a river flows, carried by the surprise of its own unfolding.

我愿意像一条河流一样生活,被自己展现的惊奇所携带。

I was actually looking for answers where I kept asking myself - what am I doing?

实际上,我一直在寻找答案——我在做什么?

Often the best answer to the to the evil inclination is not “No!” but “Maybe.”

对于这种邪恶倾向,最好的回答往往不是“不!”但“也许”。

What is youth except a man or woman before it is ready or fit to be seen?

什么是青春,除了一个男人或女人,在它准备好或适合被看到?

I have no inclination to seek attention.

我不想引起别人的注意。