Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.

  • -- Raymond Smullyan 雷蒙德·斯穆里安

有些人总是批评含糊不清的陈述。我倾向于对精确的陈述持批评态度;他们是唯一可以正确地贴上“错误”标签的人。

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When you start with a portrait and search for a pure form, a clear volume, through successive eliminations, you arrive inevitably at the egg. Likewise, starting with the egg and following the same process in reverse, one finishes with the portrait.

当你从一幅肖像开始,通过连续的消除,寻找一个纯粹的形式,一个清晰的体积,你不可避免地会到达鸡蛋。同样地,从鸡蛋开始,按照同样的过程反过来,一个人以肖像结束。

If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

如果我们想根据一个人的相貌来判断他的性格,我们必须把一切都考虑进去;人在患难中才受试炼,显出本性来。

You may find many contradictory statements and philosophies within my writings. However, to this I will say such is life, for life is full of contradictions.

你可能会在我的作品中发现许多矛盾的陈述和哲学。然而,我要对这一点说,这就是生活,因为生活充满了矛盾。

As one grows older one becomes more critical of oneself and less of other people.

随着年龄的增长,人对自己的批评会越来越多,对别人的批评会越来越少。