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Dependence begets subservience and venality, suffocates the germ of virtue, and prepares fit tools for the designs of ambition.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

依赖带来顺从和腐败，扼杀美德的萌芽，为野心的设计准备合适的工具。

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The traditional notion of an architect having a vision of a building and then drawing it either on paper or on a computer and then constructing it isn't really how architecture works, and in reality, the computer has a lot of influence on design.

传统的观念是，建筑师对一座建筑有一个愿景，然后把它画在纸上或电脑上，然后建造它，这并不是真正的建筑工作原理，事实上，电脑对设计有很大的影响。

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One isn't necessarily born with courage, but one is born with potential. Without courage, we cannot practice any other virtue with consistency. We can't be kind, true, merciful, generous, or honest.

一个人不一定生来就有勇气，但他天生就有潜力。没有勇气，我们就不能持之以恒地实践任何其他美德。我们不能善良、真诚、仁慈、慷慨或诚实。

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Man can know his world without falling back on revelation; he can live his life without feeling his utter dependence on supernatural powers.

人可以不依赖于启示而了解自己的世界;他可以过自己的生活而不感到完全依赖超自然的力量。

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Solomon's temple also was designed to increase the attractiveness of the city of his residence.

所罗门的圣殿也被设计用来增加他所居住城市的吸引力。

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Confidentiality is a virtue of the loyal, as loyalty is the virtue of faithfulness.

保密是忠诚的美德，正如忠诚是忠诚的美德。

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If they don't depend on true evidence, scientists are no better than gossips.

如果科学家不依赖真实的证据，那他们也不过是在说闲话。

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