Official dignity tends to increase in inverse ratio to the importance of the country in which the office is held.

  • -- Aldous Huxley 奥尔德斯·赫胥黎

官员的尊严往往与任职国家的重要性成反比。

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Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

错误毕竟是真理的基础,如果一个人不知道一件事是什么,那么如果他知道它不是什么,那么他至少增加了知识。

This field is not necessarily glamorous, nor does it often produce immediate results, but it seeks to increase our basic understanding of living processes.

这个领域并不一定迷人,也不经常产生立竿见影的效果,但它试图增加我们对生活过程的基本理解。

There is a healthful hardiness about real dignity that never dreads contact and communion with others however humble.

真正的尊严有一种健康的坚韧不拔的精神,它从不畏惧与他人的接触和交流,无论他人多么卑微。

Those who have some means think that the most important thing in the world is love. The poor know that it is money.

那些有钱的人认为世界上最重要的是爱。穷人知道那是钱。

Education is the key. But it's the kind of education that we teach that is the key. We don't have it.

教育是关键。但我们所教授的教育才是关键。我们没有。

There is often an inverse correlation between genius and personal hygiene.

天才和个人卫生之间往往存在着一种负相关关系。

There is no dignity in a crying toothpick.

哭喊的牙签没有尊严。