There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

一个人如果没有舒适的神话的帮助,就不能面对生活的危险,这人有一点软弱和可鄙。

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The race of mankind would perish did they cease to aid each other. We cannot exist without mutual help. All therefore that need aid have a right to ask it from their fellow-men; and no one who has the power of granting can refuse it without guilt.

如果他们停止互相帮助,人类就会灭亡。没有相互帮助,我们就不能生存。因此,所有需要援助的人都有权向他们的同胞要求援助;有权柄赐给人的,没有一个人能不怀罪恶感地拒绝。

I mean, look, Nancy Pelosi said in the very beginning this is going to be the most open, honest and ethical Congress in history. And what we're seeing is she's breaking that promise every day.

佩洛西一开始就说,这将是历史上最开放、最诚实、最讲道德的国会。我们看到的是她每天都在违背诺言。

None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

神所造的人,没有一个在本质上是可鄙的;最吝啬的苍蝇,最贫穷的昆虫也有它的用处和生命力。

All that mankind has done, thought or been: it is lying as in magic preservation in the pages of books.

人类所做的、想过的或曾经做过的一切,都像魔法一样保存在书页之中。

Sometimes one pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

有时候一个人为不花钱得到的东西付出的代价最高。