It takes little talent to see what lies under one's nose, a good deal to know in what direction to point that organ.

  • -- W. H. Auden 奥登

看到鼻子底下的东西并不需要什么天赋,但知道该把那个器官指向什么方向却很重要。

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Feminists are in an untenable position, defending something they no longer believe in, and which history will force them to recognize was destructive of most of the central pillars of civilization. I'm just the first one to point it out publicly.

女权主义者站在了一个站不住脚的位置,捍卫着他们不再相信的东西,而历史将迫使他们认识到,这些东西对文明的大多数核心支柱都是破坏性的。我只是第一个公开指出这一点的人。

It's better to hang out with people better than you. Pick out associates whose behavior is better than yours and you'll drift in that direction.

和比你优秀的人出去玩。挑出行为比你好的同事,你就会朝那个方向发展。

Darwin's idea of natural selection makes people uncomfortable because it reverses the direction of tradition.

达尔文的自然选择思想让人们感到不舒服,因为它颠覆了传统的方向。

There is no absolute point of view from which real and ideal can be finally separated and labelled.

现实与理想没有绝对的界限,也没有绝对的界限。