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Why is Slavery so much condemn'd and strove against in one Case, and so highly applauded and held so necessary and so sacred in another?
为什么奴隶制在一种情况下受到如此多的谴责和反对，而在另一种情况下却受到如此高的赞扬，如此必要，如此神圣?
— Mary Astell 艾斯泰尔
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更多好句 ↗Science seldom proceeds in the straightforward logical manner imagined by outsiders. Instead, its steps forward...are often very human events in which personalities and cultural traditions play major roles.
科学很少以局外人想象的那种直截了当的逻辑方式发展。相反，它的步伐向前……往往是非常人性化的事件，在其中个性和文化传统发挥着重要作用。
James D. Watson
沃森
He who says there is no such thing as an honest man, you may be sure is himself a knave.
说没有诚实人这种东西的人，你可以肯定他自己就是个无赖。
George Berkeley
乔治伯克利
Indeed, if our ancestors of millions of years ago hadn't learned how to care for one another and hunt in packs, they'd all have ended up being eaten by leopards.
事实上，如果数百万年前我们的祖先没有学会互相照顾和成群狩猎，他们最终都会被豹子吃掉。
Robert Shea
罗伯特·谢
It is in vain to hope to please all alike. Let a man stand with his face in what direction he will, he must necessarily turn his back on one half of the world.
希望所有人都一样高兴是徒劳的。让一个人站在他想要的方向上，他一定要背对半个世界。
George D. Prentice
乔治D.普伦蒂斯
We don't love qualities, we love persons; sometimes by reason of their defects as well as of their qualities.
我们爱的不是品质，而是人;有时是因为他们的缺点，也因为他们的品质。
Thomas Mann
托马斯·曼
A novel makes it possible to understand not just events, but the people who control the events; not only their choices, but also their motives.
小说使我们不仅能够理解事件，而且能够理解控制事件的人;不仅是他们的选择，还有他们的动机。
David Frum
弗鲁姆