Any man worth his salt will stick up for what he believes right, but it takes a slightly better man to acknowledge instantly and without reservation that he is in error.

  • -- Andrew Jackson 安德鲁·杰克逊

任何称职的人都会坚持他认为正确的事情,但只有稍微好一点的人才会立即毫无保留地承认自己错了。

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Something is better than nothing. Doin' anything for a man, there's investments involved, there's time and production. It's better to give him ten bucks and get a record out than to never record the cat.

有总比没有好。为一个男人做任何事,都需要投资,需要时间和产出。给他十块钱去买张唱片总比不给猫录音强。

My kitchen is not a place to live in. I made it white so I can tell instantly if it's not clean-and I like it clean enough to be able to eat off the floors-or the tables, for that matter.

我的厨房不是住的地方。我把它涂成白色,这样我就能立刻分辨出它是否干净——而且我喜欢它干净到可以在地板上或者桌子上吃东西。

Resistance to the organized mass can be effected only by the man who is as well organized in his individuality as the mass itself.

对有组织的群众的抵抗,只能由个人和群众一样有组织的人来进行。

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

人们对自己在自然界中的地位有着极其错误的看法;这个错误是无法消除的。

What is earnest is not always true; on the contrary, error is often more earnest than truth.

真诚并不总是真实的;相反,错误往往比真理更为严重。