If a cat does something, we call it instinct; if we do the same thing, for the same reason, we call it intelligence.

  • -- Will Cuppy 威尔·卡皮

如果一只猫做了什么,我们称之为本能;如果我们出于同样的原因做同样的事情,我们称之为智慧。

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I wish my name was Brian because maybe sometimes people would misspell my name and call me Brain. That's like a free compliment and you don't even gotta be smart to notice it.

我希望我的名字是布莱恩,因为有时人们会拼错我的名字,叫我布莱恩。这就像免费的赞美,你甚至不需要聪明地去注意它。

To be old is to be part of a huge and ordinary multitude... the reason why old age was venerated in the past was because it was extraordinary.

变老就是成为庞大而普通大众的一部分……老年人在过去受到尊敬的原因是因为它是非凡的。

She had a womanly instinct that clothes possess an influence more powerful over many than the worth of character or the magic of manners.

她有一种女性的本能,认为衣服对许多人的影响比性格的价值或风度的魅力更大。

Metaphysics is the finding of bad reasons for what we believe upon instinct; but to find these reasons is no less an instinct.

形而上学是为我们凭直觉所相信的东西寻找不好的理由;但找到这些原因同样是一种本能。

I prefer the company of peasants because they have not been educated sufficiently to reason incorrectly.

我喜欢与农民为伍,因为他们没有受过足够的教育,不会错误地推理。

My eyes are wide open to the conflicts within the Church, but I don't think you can call it schism.

我对教会内部的冲突睁大了眼睛,但我认为你不能称之为分裂。