The doctrine that all men are, in any sense, or have been, at any time, free and equal, is an utterly baseless fiction.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

所有人在任何意义上都是自由平等的,或在任何时候都是自由平等的,这一学说是完全没有根据的。

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It is too maddening. I've got to fly off, right now, to some devilish navy yard, three hours in a seasick steamer, and after being heartily sick, I'll have to speak three times, and then I'll be sick coming home. Still, who would not be sick for England?

这太让人抓狂了。我得马上飞到某个魔鬼般的海军造船厂去,在晕船的轮船上呆上三个小时。我得了重病,得说三遍话,然后才会生病回家。不过,谁不会为英格兰而生病呢?

But, unfortunately, sometimes that affirmation creates a sense that you deserve special treatment and recognition in areas where you're not so talented.

但不幸的是,有时这种肯定会让人觉得,你应该在自己不那么有天赋的领域得到特殊对待和认可。

Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.

科幻电影与科学无关。它们是关于灾难的,这是最古老的艺术主题之一。

Science is organized common sense where many a beautiful theory was killed by an ugly fact.

科学是有组织的常识,许多美好的理论都被丑陋的事实扼杀了。

Failure is only the opportunity to begin again, only this time more wisely.

失败只是重新开始的机会,只是这次更明智。

There's more fiction in my life than in books, so I don't bother with them.

我的生活中虚构的东西比书里的要多,所以我不去管它们。

If a man empties his purse into his head, no one can take it from him.

倾己所有追求知识,没有人能夺走它。

The men of our time are not to be converted or perverted by quartos.

我们这个时代的人是不会被夸特人改变或歪曲的。