All generous minds have a horror of what are commonly called "Facts". They are the brute beasts of the intellectual domain.

  • -- Thomas Hobbes 托马斯·霍布斯

所有宽宏大量的人都对通常所说的“事实”感到恐惧。他们是智力领域的野兽。

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Our mind is capable of passing beyond the dividing line we have drawn for it. Beyond the pairs of opposites of which the world consists, other, new insights begin.

我们的思想能够越过我们为它所画的分界线。除了世界所包含的对立物之外,还有一些新的见解。

Our best teachers do more than impart facts and figures - they inspire and encourage students and instill a true desire to learn. That's a fine art in itself.

我们最好的老师不仅仅是传授事实和数字——他们激励和鼓励学生,灌输真正的学习欲望。这本身就是一门艺术。

The book which you read from a sense of duty, or because for any reason you must, does not commonly make friends with you.

你出于责任感而读的书,或因为任何你必须读的原因而读的书,通常不会和你交朋友。

The ultimate aim of the human mind, in all its efforts, is to become acquainted with Truth.

人类思想的最终目标,在其所有的努力中,是认识真理。

The power of accurate observation is commonly called cynicism by those who have not got it.

准确观察的能力通常被那些没有得到这种能力的人称为玩世不恭。

He is indebted to his memory for his jests and to his imagination for his facts.

他的笑话要归功于他的记忆力,事实要归功于他的想象力。

The public is a ferocious beast; one must either chain it or flee from it.

公众是一头凶猛的野兽;一个人必须把它拴起来,否则就得逃跑。