Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

  • -- Ambrose Bierce 比尔斯

人之所以变得文明,不是因为他们愿意相信,而是因为他们愿意怀疑。

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Mankind are apt to be strongly prejudiced in favor of whatever is countenanced by antiquity, enforced by authority, and recommended by custom.

无论什么东西,只要是古代所支持的、权威所强制的、风俗所推荐的,人类就容易产生强烈的偏见。

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

我们所处的环境符合我们的期望和天性的要求。

Worry does not mean fear, but readiness for the confrontation.

担忧并不意味着恐惧,而是为对抗做好准备。

Mankind at its most desperate is often at its best.

人类在最绝望的时候往往是在最好的时候。