There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

  • -- William Ralph Inge 英格

傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的,所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的,所以更好。”

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The vast majority of human beings dislike and even actually dread all notions with which they are not familiar... Hence it comes about that at their first appearance innovators have generally been persecuted, and always derided as fools and madmen.

绝大多数人不喜欢甚至实际上害怕所有他们不熟悉的概念。因此,创新者一出现就受到迫害,总是被嘲笑为傻瓜和疯子。

The business of Progressives is to go on making mistakes. The business of Conservatives is to prevent mistakes from being corrected.

进步主义者的工作就是不断犯错。保守派的职责是防止错误被纠正。

We are either progressing or retrograding all the while. There is no such thing as remaining stationary in this life.

我们一直在进步或倒退。生命中没有静止不动的东西。

Conservatives are not necessarily stupid, but most stupid people are conservatives.

保守主义者不一定愚蠢,但大多数愚蠢的人都是保守主义者。

You cannot plan the future. Only presumptuous fools plan. The wise man steers.

你不能计划未来。只有傲慢的傻瓜才会计划。智者驾驭一切。

Politics isn't about left versus right; it's about top versus bottom.

政治不是左右之争;它是关于顶部和底部的。