Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

  • -- Robert Hall 霍尔

无论什么东西,只要是古代所支持的、权威所强制的、风俗所推荐的,人类就容易产生强烈的偏见。

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For those men who, sooner or later, are lucky enough to break away from the pack, the most intoxicating moment comes when they cease being bodies in other men's command and find that they control their own time, when they learn their own voice and authority.

对于那些迟早会幸运地脱离群体的男人来说,最令人陶醉的时刻是,他们不再是受他人支配的躯体,而是发现自己掌握了自己的时间,学会了自己的声音和权威。

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.

但是,一些天才被嘲笑的事实并不意味着所有被嘲笑的人都是天才。他们嘲笑哥伦布,嘲笑富尔顿,嘲笑莱特兄弟。但他们也嘲笑小丑博佐。

However, we all share the firm belief in the triumph of humanist and progressive values that mankind has achieved during its long history of struggle and creativeness.

然而,我们大家都坚定地相信,人类在其漫长的斗争和创造性历史中取得了人道主义和进步价值的胜利。

You draw on whatever's relevant to the part you're playing; it makes it more personal.

你利用任何与你所扮演的角色相关的东西;这让它更个人化。

War was forced upon mankind in his original civil and social condition.

战争是在人类最初的文明和社会条件下强加给人类的。

You just want to hone your craft, whatever it may be.

你只是想磨练你的手艺,不管它是什么。