The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

原则的价值在于它能解释的事情的数量。

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Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

和解应伴随正义,否则它不会持久。虽然我们都希望和平,但和平不应该是不惜任何代价的和平,而是基于原则和正义的和平。

Dusting is a good example of the futility of trying to put things right. As soon as you dust, the fact of your next dusting has already been established.

除尘就是一个很好的例子,说明试图把事情做好是徒劳的。一旦你掸去灰尘,你下一次掸灰的事实就已经确定了。

Miss Austen had shown the infinite possibilities of ordinary and present things for the novelist.

奥斯汀小姐向小说家展示了平凡事物和现实事物的无限可能性。

The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.

成长最有力的原则在于人的选择。

Don't try to explain it, just sell it.

不要试图解释它,只要把它卖出去。