Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

人是容易轻信的动物,必须相信一些事情;如果没有好的信仰基础,他就会满足于坏的。

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It is vain to say human beings ought to be satisfied with tranquillity: they must have action; and they will make it if they cannot find it.

说人类应该满足于平静是徒劳的,他们必须有行动;如果他们找不到,他们会成功的。

Dark is not opposite of light. It is just the absence of light. Similarly, a problem is the absence of an idea. Not absence of a solution.

黑暗不是光明的对立面。只是没有光。同样,问题是缺乏一个想法。不是没有解决方案。

What is most beautiful in virile men is something feminine; what is most beautiful in feminine women is something masculine.

男子气概中最美丽的东西是女性的东西;女性身上最美的东西是男性的东西。

Absence diminishes little passions and increases great ones just as the wind blows out a candle and fans a fire.

离别会减少人的一些小欲望而增加重大的欲望,就像风吹灭蜡烛而煽旺篝火一样。

Give to a pig when it grunts and a child when it cries , and you will have a fine pig and a bad child.

当猪咕噜咕噜叫时,你给它钱;当孩子哭时,你给他钱,你就会有一头好猪和一个坏孩子。

You will not be satisfied unless you are contributing something to or for the benefit of others.

除非你在为别人做贡献或为别人的利益做贡献,否则你是不会满足的。

When men and woman die, as poets sung, his heart's the last part moves, her last, the tongue.

当男人和女人死去时,就像诗人唱的那样,他的心的最后一个部分在动,她的最后一个部分,舌头。

Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

人是高贵的动物,在灰烬中光艳夺目,在坟墓中却趾高气扬。