In our judgment of human transactions, the law of optics is reversed; we see the most indistinctly the objects which are close around us.

  • -- Richard Whately 理查德·怀特利

在我们对人类交易的判断中,光学定律被颠倒了;我们最模糊地看到周围的物体。

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That always seemed so ridiculous to me, that people want to be around someone because they're pretty. It's like picking your breakfast cereals based on color instead of taste.

这在我看来总是很可笑,人们喜欢和漂亮的人在一起。这就像根据颜色而不是味道来选择早餐麦片一样。

The world presents enough problems if you believe it to be a world of law and order; do not add to them by believing it to be a world of miracles.

如果你相信这是一个法治的世界,那么这个世界就会出现足够多的问题;不要相信这是一个充满奇迹的世界。

It is more dangerous that even a guilty person should be punished without the forms of law than that he should escape.

即使一个罪犯没有法律形式的惩罚也比他逃跑更危险。

Actual human discourse happens within a number of contexts, not in some sort of unified public forum.

真实的人类话语发生在许多语境中,而不是在某种统一的公共论坛中。

Keep your eyes on the finish line and not on the turmoil around you.

关注终点线,而不是你周围的混乱。

Divorce is the one human tragedy that reduces everything to cash.

离婚是一场人间悲剧,它把一切都变成了金钱。