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So much of our lives is given over to the consideration of our imperfections that there is no time to improve our imaginary virtues. The truth is we only perfect our vices, and man is a worse creature when he dies than he was when he was born.

  • -- Edward Dahlberg 爱德华·达尔伯格

我们生活中太多的时间都花在考虑自己的缺点上，以至于没有时间去改善我们想象中的优点。事实上，我们只是在完善我们的罪恶，人死后比出生时更坏。

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归根结底，不管执行起来多么自给自足，一张图已经不再是一张图了。它是一种象征，想象中的投影线与高维空间相交得越深，效果就越好。

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Our privacy is starting to be invaded and we can't get anything done. I'm happy with the fundraising but upset we don't have time to talk and meet with people.

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我们必须为自己设定的任务不是感到安全，而是能够容忍不安全。

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根据我的经验，没有缺点的人几乎没有优点。

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不是我们需要新的想法，而是我们需要停止旧的想法。

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