There are many true statements about complex topics that are too long to fit on a PowerPoint slide.

  • -- Edward Tufte 爱德华·塔夫特

有很多关于复杂主题的真实陈述,它们太长了,不适合放在幻灯片上。

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If we want to make a statement about a man's nature on the basis of his physiognomy, we must take everything into account; it is in his distress that a man is tested, for then his nature is revealed.

如果我们想根据一个人的相貌来判断他的性格,我们必须把一切都考虑进去;人在患难中才受试炼,显出本性来。

Everybody has a world, and that world is completely hidden until we begin to inquire. As soon as we do, that entire world opens to us and yields itself. And you see how full and complex it is.

每个人都有一个世界,在我们开始探究之前,这个世界是完全隐藏的。一旦我们这样做了,整个世界就会向我们敞开大门,让自己屈服。你可以看到它是多么的完整和复杂。

Some people are always critical of vague statements. I tend rather to be critical of precise statements; they are the only ones which can correctly be labeled 'wrong'.

有些人总是批评含糊不清的陈述。我倾向于对精确的陈述持批评态度;他们是唯一可以正确地贴上“错误”标签的人。

The true harbinger of spring is not crocuses or swallows returning to Capistrano, but the sound of the bat on the ball.

春天真正的预兆不是番红花或燕子返回卡皮斯特拉诺,而是蝙蝠击球的声音。

A true gentleman will admit when he is wrong.

真正的绅士会承认自己的错误。

Motivations are too tangled and complex.

动机太复杂。