Science is a first-rate piece of furniture for a man's upper chamber, if he has common sense on the ground floor.

  • -- Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. 小奥利弗·温德尔·霍姆斯

如果一个人在底层有常识的话,那么对于他的上层社会来说,科学是一件第一流的家具。

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It has become almost a cliche to remark that nobody boasts of ignorance of literature, but it is socially acceptable to boast ignorance of science and proudly claim incompetence in mathematics.

说没有人会吹嘘自己对文学的无知几乎已经成了陈词滥调,但吹嘘自己对科学的无知、自豪地宣称自己在数学方面的无能是可以被社会接受的。

I enjoyed high school and college, and I think I learned a lot, but that was not really my focus. My focus was on trying to figure out what businesses to start.

我喜欢高中和大学,我想我学到了很多,但那并不是我真正关注的。我的重点是想弄清楚该开什么样的公司。

Energy cannot be created or destroyed, it can only be changed from one form to another.

能量不能被创造或毁灭,它只能从一种形式变成另一种形式。

It's a cold sun that casts long shadows.

寒冷的太阳投下长长的阴影。