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The demand for certainty is one which is natural to man, but is nevertheless an intellectual vice.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

对确定性的要求是人类的天性，但也是一种智力上的恶习。

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Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

然而，无论激情是强烈的还是不强烈的，都不应该表达到引起反感的程度;而音乐，即使是在最恐怖的情况下，也不应该让人的耳朵感到痛苦，而应该让人感到悦耳动听，从而永远保持音乐的风格。

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The kind of world I'm endlessly going on about is pretty well doomed, but nevertheless I think there are recesses of it worth celebrating.

我无休止地生活在这样一个世界里，注定是要失败的，但无论如何，我认为还是有值得庆祝的地方。

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The quest for certainty blocks the search for meaning. Uncertainty is the very condition to impel man to unfold his powers.

对确定性的追求阻碍了对意义的探索。不确定性正是促使人展现其力量的条件。

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Cruelty is, perhaps, the worst kid of sin. Intellectual cruelty is certainly the worst kind of cruelty.

残忍也许是罪恶中最坏的孩子。智力上的残酷当然是最残酷的一种。

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Convictions are more dangerous enemies of truth than lies.

信念是真理比谎言更危险的敌人。

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I am probably a pseudo-intellectual.

我可能是个伪知识分子。

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