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There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

  • -- Thomas Alva Edison 托马斯·阿尔瓦·爱迪生

一个人没有什么办法不去逃避思考的劳动。

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I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people's recollections, which change with time.

我想写一个小前言，说历史毕竟是建立在人们的回忆之上的，而这些回忆是随着时间而变化的。

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I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

我总是避免事先预言，因为在事情已经发生之后再预言是更好的策略。

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The meme for blind faith secures its own perpetuation by the simple unconscious expedient of discouraging rational inquiry.

盲目信仰的模因通过阻止理性探究这一简单的无意识的权宜之计，确保了它自身的永存。

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I think our chances are not looking great today but the only way to fail for me is just not to try.

我认为我们今天的机会看起来不太好，但对我来说，失败的唯一方法就是不去尝试。

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The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.

鞭笞可能迫使人们从事体力劳动，但不能强迫他们从事精神创造。

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The gem cannot be polished without friction, nor a man perfected without trials.

磨光之石离不开磨擦，完善之人也需要磨炼。

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The fashion of the world is to avoid cost, and you encounter it.

世界的时尚是避免成本，而你却遇到了它。

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Art is man's expression of his joy in labor.

艺术是人在劳动中表达快乐的方式。

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A man must earnestly want.

一个人必须热切地渴望。

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