The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

我注意到人类之间最大的不同不在于他们愿意犯错误,而在于他们愿意承认这些不可避免的错误。

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The two World Wars came in part, like much modern literature and art, because men, whose nature is to tire of everything in turn... tired of common sense and civilization.

两次世界大战的爆发,在一定程度上,就像许多现代文学和艺术一样,是因为人的本性是依次厌倦一切……厌倦了常识和文明。

Again, I find it difficult to be taken care of and rarely acknowledge it, and every act he does registers, but I also just need to verbally acknowledge him and hug him.

同样,我发现很难被照顾,也很少承认这一点,他做的每一个动作都会引起我的注意,但我也只需要口头上承认他,并拥抱他。

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

人之所以变得文明,不是因为他们愿意相信,而是因为他们愿意怀疑。

The difference between an optimist and a pessimist? An optimist laughs to forget, but a pessimist forgets to laugh.

乐观主义者和悲观主义者的区别是什么?乐观的人笑着忘记,而悲观的人忘记笑。

Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done.

我们所说的管理,大部分是让人们难以完成工作。

Those who can least bear a jest upon themselves, will be most diverted with one passed on others.

那些最不拿自己开玩笑的人,会被别人的笑话逗乐。

I'm not really a Sundance baby, but they helped me so much I feel I have to acknowledge it.

我不是一个真正的圣丹斯宝贝,但他们帮了我很多,我觉得我必须承认这一点。

Since the beginning, it was just the same. The only difference, the crowds are bigger now.

从一开始,一切都是一样的。唯一的不同是,现在的人群更大了。

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

我们所处的环境符合我们的期望和天性的要求。

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

人们并不反对你;他们只是为了他们自己。