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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Where words can be translated into equivalent words, the style of an original can be closely followed; but no translation which aims at being written in normal English can reproduce the style of Aristotle.

如果词语可以被翻译成等价的词语,就可以紧跟原文的风格;但是,任何旨在用普通英语写作的翻译都不能再现亚里士多德的风格。

As much as I long for a sort of security and consistency sometimes, I do enjoy sort of being busted around. I really don't know what's happening sometimes next week, let alone this year.

虽然有时我渴望一种安全感和一致性,但我确实喜欢被人打垮的感觉。我真的不知道下周会发生什么,更不用说今年了。

One cannot conceive anything so strange and so implausible that it has not already been said by one philosopher or another.

人们无法想象有什么事情是如此奇怪和难以置信,以至于没有一个或另一个哲学家说过。

Sometimes one likes foolish people for their folly, better than wise people for their wisdom.

人喜爱愚昧人,是因他们的愚昧;喜爱智慧人,是因他们的智慧。

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。

The only man who can change his mind is the man who's got one.

唯一能改变主意的人是那些有主意的人。

Talk sense to a fool and he calls you foolish.

对蠢人讲道理,他说你傻。

So little done, so much to do.

做的事太少,要做的事太多。