It is folly to expect men to do all that they may reasonably be expected to do.

  • -- Richard Whately 理查德·怀特利

指望人们尽其合理的期望去做所有的事是愚蠢的。

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The meaning of this observation is unclear, but it raises the unfortunate possibility of ambiguous triplets; that is, triplets which may code more than one amino acid. However one would certainly expect such triplets to be in a minority.

这个观察的意义尚不清楚,但它提出了一个不幸的可能性,模棱两可的三胞胎;也就是说,三胞胎可以编码不止一个氨基酸。然而,人们肯定会认为这样的三胞胎只占少数。

It is important to expect nothing, to take every experience, including the negative ones, as merely steps on the path, and to proceed.

重要的是什么都不要期待,把每一次经历,包括那些消极的经历,都当作是在人生道路上迈出的一步,然后继续前进。

Men will bear many things from a kept mistress, which they would not bear from a wife.

男人可以从一个情妇那里得到许多东西,而从一个妻子那里却得不到。

Nobody ever says to men, how can you be a Congressman and a father.

从来没有人对男人说:“你怎么能既是国会议员又是父亲呢?”