Better to know a few things which are good and necessary than many things which are useless and mediocre.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

宁可知道少数好的必要的东西,也不要知道许多无用的平庸的东西。

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In order for a war to be just, three things are necessary. First, the authority of the sovereign. Secondly, a just cause. Thirdly, a rightful intention.

为了使战争公正,有三件事是必要的。第一,君主的权威。第二,公正的理由。第三,合法意图。

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

婚姻,如果一个人愿意面对事实,是一种罪恶,但却是一种必然的罪恶。