Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.

  • -- Vita Sackville-West 韦斯特

权威完全有理由害怕怀疑论者,因为权威很少能在怀疑面前生存。

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The script was always the most important thing to me and I loved the script. For one thing, I've always admired trees. I just worship them. Think what trees have witnessed, what history, such as living through the Civil War, yet they still survive.

剧本对我来说总是最重要的,我喜欢剧本。首先,我一直很欣赏树木。我只是崇拜他们。想想看,树木见证了什么,经历了什么历史,比如经历了内战,但它们依然存活下来。

The fact that a believer is happier than a skeptic is no more to the point than the fact that a drunken man is happier than a sober one.

一个相信的人比一个怀疑的人更幸福,就像一个喝醉的人比一个清醒的人更幸福一样。

I look upon indolence as a sort of suicide; for the man is effectually destroyed, though the appetites of the brute may survive.

我把懒惰看作是一种自杀;因为那人虽然有馀剩的口腹、却要灭绝净尽。

People are always casting me for what they call my 'authority.'

人们总是把我塑造成他们所说的“权威”。

I don't feel I can speak with authority for many other people.

我觉得我不能代表很多人用权威说话。

I am the skeptic of skeptics.

我是怀疑论者中的怀疑论者。