把这一句，留给此刻的你
No matter how smart you are, you’re smarter if you take the easy ways when they are available.
不管你有多聪明，如果你在可行的时候选择简单的方法，你就会更聪明。
— Daniel Dennett 丹尼尔·丹尼特
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗You expect far too much of a first sentence. Think of it as analogous to a good country breakfast: what we want is something simple, but nourishing to the imagination.
你对第一句话期望太高了。把它想象成一顿美味的乡村早餐:我们想要的是一些简单的东西，但却能滋养我们的想象力。
Larry McMurtry
拉里·麦克默特里
We are made wise not by the recollection of our past, but by the responsibility for our future.
使我们明智的不是回忆过去，而是对未来的责任。
George Bernard Shaw
萧伯纳
When the philosopher's argument becomes tedious, complicated, and opaque, it is usually a sign that he is attempting to prove as true to the intellect what is plainly false to common sense
当哲学家的论证变得单调、复杂和晦涩时，这通常是一个迹象，表明他试图证明对理智来说是正确的，而对常识来说显然是错误的
Edward Abbey
爱德华·艾比
The point of philosophy is to start with something so simple as not to seem worth stating, and to end with something so paradoxical that no one will believe it.
哲学的要点是从一些简单到不值得陈述的东西开始，以一些自相矛盾到没有人会相信的东西结束。
Bertrand Russell
罗素
Don't just read the easy stuff. You may be entertained by it, but you will never grow from it.
不要只看简单的东西。你可能会从中得到乐趣，但你永远不会从中成长。
Jim Rohn
吉米隆
An infinitude of tenderness is the chief gift and inheritance of all truly great men.
无限的温柔是所有真正伟大的人的主要礼物和遗产。
John Ruskin
约翰·罗斯金