The real scientist is ready to bear privation and, if need be, starvation rather than let anyone dictate to him which direction his work must take.

  • -- Albert Szent-Gyorgyi 圣捷尔吉

真正的科学家愿意忍受贫困,如果需要,也愿意忍受饥饿,而不让任何人来指挥他的工作应该朝哪个方向走。

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If any philosopher had been asked for a definition of infinity, he might have produced some unintelligible rigmarole, but he would certainly not have been able to give a definition that had any meaning at all.

如果有哪个哲学家被要求对无穷大下一个定义,他可能会说出一些难以理解的冗长乏味的话,但他肯定无法给出一个有任何意义的定义。

During this time I had the singular good fortune of being able to discuss the problem constantly with Einstein. Some experiments done at Einstein's suggestion yielded no decisively new result.

在这段时间里,我有幸能够不断地与爱因斯坦讨论这个问题。按照爱因斯坦的建议所做的一些实验并没有产生决定性的新结果。

One should respect public opinion insofar as is necessary to avoid starvation and keep out of prison, but anything that goes beyond this is voluntary submission to an unnecessary tyranny.

一个人应该尊重公众的意见,因为这是必要的,以避免饥饿和远离监狱,但任何超过这是自愿服从不必要的暴政。