It is a trick among the dishonest to offer sacrifices that are not needed, or not possible, to avoid making those that are required.

  • -- Ivan Goncharov 伊凡·冈查罗夫

不诚实人的计谋,是献上不需要的祭物,或是献上不可能的祭物,免得献上所需要的。

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I've done a lot of practical anthropology, living in villages with people and realizing how difficult it is to get out of poverty. When in poverty, people use their skill to avoid hunger. They can't use it for progress.

我做过很多实践人类学的研究,和人们一起住在村子里,并意识到摆脱贫困是多么困难。在贫困的时候,人们用他们的技能来避免饥饿。他们不能用它来进步。

In all the sciences except Psychology we deal with objects and their changes, and leave out of account as far as possible the mind which observes them.

在所有的科学中,除了心理学,我们都处理对象及其变化,尽可能不考虑观察对象的心灵。

You know, I try to avoid Googling myself, but sometimes I slip up. Sometimes I just want to see how the world is viewing me on a particular day.

你知道,我尽量避免用谷歌搜索自己,但有时我会犯错误。有时候,我只是想看看这个世界在某一天是如何看待我的。

There's no possible way you can get what you want.

你不可能得到你想要的东西。