If I ever felt inclined to be timid as I was going into a room full of people, I would say to myself, "You're the cleverest member of one of the cleverest families in the cleverest class of the cleverest nation. ... Why should you be frightened?"

  • -- Beatrice Potter Webb 比阿特丽斯·波特·韦伯

当我走进一个坐满人的房间时,如果我有过胆怯的倾向,我会对自己说:“你是这个国家最聪明的阶层中最聪明的家庭里最聪明的成员。”你为什么要害怕呢?”

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When I was young I was sure of everything; in a few years, having been mistaken a thousand times, I was not half so sure of most things as I was before; at present, I am hardly sure of anything but what God has revealed.

当我年轻的时候,我对一切都很有把握;在几年的时间里,我犯了一千次错误,对大多数事情都不像以前那样半信半疑了。目前,除了神所启示的以外,我对任何事情都没有把握。

We live in an epoch in which the solid ground of our preconceived ideas shakes daily under our certain feet.

我们生活在这样一个时代,我们先入之见的坚实根基每天都在我们的脚下动摇。