Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

  • -- Will Durant 威尔·杜兰特

文明的存在是经地质同意的,如有变更,恕不另行通知。

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The man whose life is devoted to paperwork has lost the initiative. He is dealing with things that are brought to his notice, having ceased to notice anything for himself.

那个一生都致力于文书工作的人失去了主动权。他在处理那些引起他注意的事情,而他自己却什么也没有注意到。

Every journalist who is not too stupid or too full of himself to notice what is going on knows that what he does is morally indefensible.

每一个不太愚蠢或太自以为是而不去注意正在发生的事情的记者都知道,他所做的在道德上是站不住脚的。

Jesus wept; Voltaire smiled. From that divine tear and from that human smile is derived the grace of present civilization.

耶稣哭了。伏尔泰笑了。从那神圣的眼泪和人类的微笑中,产生了现代文明的优雅。

Science is what we understand well enough to explain to a computer. Art is everything else we do.

科学是我们能够很好地理解并向计算机解释的东西。艺术就是我们所做的一切。

A civilization which has taken over the world cannot be said to be dying.

一个已经统治世界的文明不能说正在消亡。

Science has made us gods even before we are worthy of being men.

科学甚至在我们配得上人类之前就把我们变成了神。