There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.

  • -- Bill Bryson 比尔·布莱森

科学发现有三个阶段。首先,人们否认这是真的,然后他们否认这是重要的;最后,他们把功劳归于错误的人。

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In effect, what is a courtier? He is a man whom the misfortune of kings and people has placed betwixt the sovereign and truth to conceal it from his eyes.

实际上,什么是朝臣?他是这样一个人:国王和人民的不幸把他置于君主和真理之间,使他看不见真理。

The limit of man s knowledge in any subject possesses a high interest which is perhaps increased by its close neighbourhood to the realms of imagination.

人类对任何一门学科的知识的有限性都具有很高的兴趣,而这种兴趣的增加也许是因为它与想象的领域关系密切。