We make ourselves a ladder out of our vices if we trample the vices themselves underfoot.

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

如果我们把恶习本身踩在脚下,我们就能把恶习变成梯子。

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I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.

我认为,树叶,我们践踏过的最卑鄙的昆虫,其本身的论点比任何可以引证的论点都更具结论性,即某些巨大的智慧使无限充满活力。

You cannot push anyone up the ladder unless he is willing to climb.

除非别人愿意爬,否则你不能把他推上梯子。

I'm not trying to climb a ladder - I'm casting a bit of a net.

我不是要爬梯子——我是在撒网。