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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When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

当一个民族诞生了一个能产生伟大思想的人,另一个民族也诞生了一个能理解和欣赏伟大思想的人

Men become civilized, not in proportion to their willingness to believe, but in proportion to their readiness to doubt.

人之所以变得文明,不是因为他们愿意相信,而是因为他们愿意怀疑。