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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Technology gives us power, but it does not and cannot tell us how to use that power. Thanks to technology, we can instantly communicate across the world, but it still doesn't help us know what to say.

技术给了我们力量,但它没有也不能告诉我们如何使用这种力量。多亏了科技,我们可以在世界各地即时交流,但它仍然不能帮助我们知道该说什么。

The idea that we can actually have an impact on places more or less instantly, too, by responding in some way or not responding, I think, also makes it true.

我认为,通过某种方式的回应或不回应,我们实际上也能或多或少地立即对某些地方产生影响,这一想法也使之成为现实。

A man should never be ashamed to own he has been in the wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that he is wiser today than he was yesterday.

一个人永远不应该羞于承认自己犯了错误,这只是在说,换句话说,他今天比昨天更聪明。

Three-fourths of the mistakes a man makes are made because he does not really know what he thinks he knows.

一个人犯的错误有四分之三是因为他并不真正知道他自以为知道的东西。

No work can kill a man. Too much work, can kill a soul.

工作不能致人死亡。工作太多,会累死一个灵魂。

A man is only as faithful as his options.

一个人的忠诚取决于他的选择。