An extraordinary amount of arrogance is present in any claim of having been the first in inventing something.

  • -- Benoit Mandelbrot 曼德勃罗

任何声称自己是发明事物的第一人的说法,都带有极大的傲慢。

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I see myself capable of arrogance and brutality... That's a fierce thing, to discover within yourself that which you despise the most in others.

我认为自己有能力傲慢和野蛮……发现自己最鄙视别人的地方是一件很残酷的事情。

Change is the law of life. And those who look only to the past or present are certain to miss the future.

变化是生命的法则。那些只看过去或现在的人肯定会错过未来。

The present age has seen a great slump in humanist values.

当今时代,人文主义价值观急剧滑坡。

Self-praise is like chewing cotton wool.

自我表扬就像嚼棉花絮。