A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds, adored by little statesmen and philosophers and divines.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

愚蠢的一致性是小人物的妖怪,为小政治家、哲学家和神祗所崇拜。

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Little do such men know the toil, the pains, the daily, nightly racking of the brains, to range the thoughts, the matter to digest, to cull fit phrases, and reject the rest.

这些人几乎不知道什么是辛劳,什么是痛苦,什么是日日夜夜的绞尽脑汁,什么是思想的范围,什么是物质的消化,什么是合适的词语的筛选,什么是拒绝接受的。

I like consistency. If you've had a childhood like mine, you want some things you can rely on to stay the same.

我喜欢一致性。如果你和我一样有过童年,你会想要一些可以依靠的东西来保持不变。

There is nothing so strange and so unbelievable that it has not been said by one philosopher or another.

没有什么比一个哲学家或另一个哲学家所说的更奇怪、更难以置信的了。

A wise man can learn more from a foolish question than a fool can learn from a wise answer.

聪明人从愚蠢的问题中学到的东西比傻瓜从聪明的答案中学到的东西还多。

It is even more damaging for a minister to say foolish things than to do them.

大臣说蠢话比做蠢话更有害。

I was a nerd growing up, and I'm a little antisocial and awkward.

我小时候是个书呆子,有点反社会,有点笨拙。

Be a philosopher but, amid all your philosophy be still a man.

做一个哲学家,但是,在你所有的哲学中,还是要做一个人。

Consistency is the paste jewel that only cheap men cherish.

一致性是只有廉价人才会珍惜的黏糊宝石。