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Of all the tyrants the world affords, our own affections are the fiercest lords.
在世界上所有的暴君中,我们自己的感情是最凶狠的领主。
— John Sterling 和斯特林
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更多好句 ↗Science is not about control. It is about cultivating a perpetual condition of wonder in the face of something that forever grows one step richer and subtler than our latest theory about it. It is about reverence, not mastery.
科学与控制无关。它是在面对比我们最新的理论更丰富、更微妙的东西时,培养一种永久的惊奇状态。这是尊重,而不是掌握。
Richard Powers
理查德·鲍尔斯
Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
思想就像降落伞,只有打开时才能发挥作用。
Thomas Robert Dewar
迪尤尔
The only thing that should surprise us is that there are still some things that can surprise us.
唯一应该让我们感到惊讶的是,仍然有一些事情可以让我们感到惊讶。
Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵
Few things are brought to a successful issue by impetuous desire, but most by calm and prudent forethought.
很少有事情是由于冲动的欲望而成功的,但大多数是由于冷静和谨慎的预先考虑。
Thucydides
修昔底德
Time is the most valuable thing a man can spend.
时间是一个人能花的最宝贵的东西。
Theophrastus
西奥弗拉斯托斯
It is great folly to wish to be wise all alone.
一个人想要变得聪明是非常愚蠢的。
Francois VI, Duc De La Rochefoucauld
弗朗索瓦六世,罗切福科公爵