One of the first businesses of a sensible man is to know when he is beaten, and to leave off fighting at once.

  • -- Samuel Butler 塞缪尔巴特勒

明智的人首先要做的事情之一,就是知道自己什么时候被打败了,然后立即停止战斗。

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The object of preaching is to constantly remind mankind of what they keep forgetting; not to supply the intellect, but to fortify the feebleness of human resolutions.

传道的目的,是要不断地提醒世人,他们常常忘记的事;不是为了提供智力,而是为了加强人类意志的软弱。

General consultant to mankind.

人类总顾问。