Science in the modern world has many uses; its chief use, however, is to provide long words to cover the errors of the rich.

  • -- G. K. Chesterton 特顿

科学在现代世界有许多用途;然而,它的主要用途是提供长篇大论来掩盖富人的错误。

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Adolescents are not monsters. They are just people trying to learn how to make it among the adults in the world, who are probably not so sure themselves.

青少年不是怪物。他们只是想在这个世界上的成年人中间学习如何成功,而这些人自己可能也不太确定。

There are no things man was not meant to know. There are, perhaps, things man is too dumb to figure out, but that's a different problem.

没有什么事情是人类不应该知道的。也许,有些事情人类笨到无法理解,但那是另一个问题。

Nowadays there is more dynamism in chess, modern players like to take the initiative. Usually they are poor defenders though.

现在国际象棋更有活力,现代棋手喜欢主动。但通常他们的防守很差。

I am not a modern man, I am just a wee old fashioned one.

我不是一个现代人,我只是一个小老古董。

People with big hearts don't last long in this world.

心胸宽广的人在这个世界上活不长。

But time is short, and science is infinite...

但时间是短暂的,科学是无限的……