It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.

  • -- Francis William Aston 弗朗西斯·威廉·阿斯顿

人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一,但只要分数权重是一般的,就没有必要特别解释这个事实,也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。

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Suffering makes a people greater, and we have suffered much. We had a message to give the world, but we were overwhelmed, and the message was cut off in the middle. In time there will be millions of us - becoming stronger and stronger - and we will complete the message.

苦难使一个民族更加伟大,我们遭受了许多苦难。我们有话要对世人说,只是我们被压住了,话就从中间被截断了。假以时日,将有数百万的我们——变得越来越强大——我们将完成这一使命。

Hence that general is skilful in attack whose opponent does not know what to defend; and he is skilful in defense whose opponent does not know what to attack.

故善攻者,敌不知其所守;善守者,敌不知其所攻。

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.

一般来说,认为一个人无法在特定的灾难中幸存下来的想法是一种安慰,因为这相当于废除了灾难。

I found it very difficult to explain to someone why you did a film. It's not like having a conversation.

我发现很难向别人解释你为什么要拍电影。这和谈话不一样。

There is no greater harm than that of time wasted.

没有什么比浪费时间更有害的了。

I can't explain why you still mean so much to me.

我无法解释为什么你对我仍然如此重要。