He that leaveth nothing to chance will do few things ill, but he will do very few things.

  • -- George Savile 萨维尔

凡事不凭运气的人,必少作坏事,但他必少作事。

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A person that much interested in science is going to neglect his social life somewhat, but not completely, because that isn't healthy either. So one has to work it out according to one's own inclinations, how one wants to proportion these things.

一个对科学非常感兴趣的人会在一定程度上忽视他的社交生活,但不是完全忽视,因为这也是不健康的。所以一个人必须根据自己的喜好来计算,如何将这些东西比例化。

The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution.

现实世界太过复杂和不可预测,以至于人类无法控制自己的进化或改造自己——我不会说不可能,但我们应该谨慎对待这个问题。

It often happens that when a person possesses a particular ability to an extraordinary degree, nature makes up for it by leaving him or her incompetent in every other department.

通常情况下,当一个人拥有一种特殊的能力达到一个非凡的程度时,自然会通过让他或她在其他任何部门都不称职来弥补。

But once the person is selected, at that point that person is independent.

但是一旦这个人被选中,这个人就独立了。

When things are going good they just keep going good.

当事情进展顺利的时候,他们就会一直进展顺利。

Tread on the ball, live to spend all.

脚踏实地,活到老,学到老。