We are more prone to generalize the bad than the good. We assume that the bad is more potent and contagious.

  • -- Eric Hoffer 埃里克·霍弗

我们更倾向于概括不好的方面,而不是好的方面。我们认为坏的东西更有感染力。

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On the other hand, the waging of peace as a science, as an art, is in its infancy. But we can trace its growth, its steady progress, and the time will come when there will be particular individuals designated to assume responsibility for and leadership of this movement.

另一方面,和平作为一门科学、一门艺术的实现还处于起步阶段。但是,我们可以追溯它的成长,它的稳步进步,总有一天会有特定的个人被指定为这场运动的负责人和领导者。

If we see someone in a wheelchair, we assume they cannot walk. It may be that they can walk three, four, five steps. That, to them, means they can walk.

如果我们看到一个人坐在轮椅上,我们认为他不能走路。也许他们可以走三、四、五步。对他们来说,这意味着他们可以走路。

Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like.

没有什么比例子更具有传染性;我们所做的任何伟大的善举或恶行,都能产生类似的结果。