Some think they are preserving tradition when they are only perpetuating a habit.

  • -- Shraga Silverstein 施拉格·西尔弗斯坦

有些人认为他们是在保留传统,而实际上他们只是在延续一种习惯。

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Habits of thought persist through the centuries; and while a healthy brain may reject the doctrine it no longer believes, it will continue to feel the same sentiments formerly associated with that doctrine.

思想的习惯延续了几个世纪;虽然一个健康的大脑可能会拒绝它不再相信的学说,但它会继续感受到与那个学说有关的相同的情感。

He who permits himself to tell a lie once, finds it much easier to do it a second and third time, till at length it becomes habitual.

一个允许自己撒一次谎的人,发现第二次和第三次更容易,直到最后成为习惯。