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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

动物所处的时代比人类聪明;但是他们的智慧局限于一些细节，而且局限在一个非常狭窄的范围内。

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Let's have the music that will open the door to millions of people... the kind of music that will not make people think only of the song or even of the singer... not music that is confined to the merely personal.

让我们的音乐为数百万人打开大门……这种音乐不会让人们只想到歌曲，甚至是歌手……而不是局限于个人的音乐。

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There are two ways to go about it. You can take a compass and draw a perfect circle and make two perfect eyes as neat as can be. Or you can do it freehand and have some fun with it. Like I did. Give it character.

有两种方法。你可以拿一个圆规，画一个完美的圆，使两只完美的眼睛尽可能整齐。或者你可以徒手做，玩得很开心。就像我所做的。给它的性格。

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Reasonable men adapt to the world around them; unreasonable men make the world adapt to them. The world is changed by unreasonable men.

理性的人适应周围的世界;不讲理的人使世界适应他们。不讲道理的人改变了世界。

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To think, and to feel, constitute the two grand divisions of men of genius - the men of reasoning and the men of imagination.

思考和感受构成天才的两大组成部分——有理智的人和有想象力的人。

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A son could bear complacently the death of his father while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

儿子可以沾沾自喜地忍受父亲的死亡，而失去遗产则可能使他绝望。

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Man is the only animal for whom his own existence is a problem which he has to solve.

人是唯一一种动物，他自己的存在就是他必须解决的问题。

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All noble enthusiasms pass through a feverish stage, and grow wiser and more serene.

一切高尚的热情都要经过一个狂热的阶段，才会变得更加明智和宁静。

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There are no points of the compass on the chart of true patriotism.

在真正的爱国主义的地图上没有指南针。

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Disinformation is most effective in a very narrow context.

虚假信息在非常狭窄的背景下是最有效的。

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As one grows older, one becomes wiser and more foolish.

随着年龄的增长，人变得越来越聪明和愚蠢。

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He who has cattle on the hill will not sleep easy.

在山上养牛的人不易入睡。

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We have a very narrow view of what is going on.

我们对正在发生的事情的看法很狭隘。

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