But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

但是,意见上的每一个分歧都不是原则上的分歧。

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The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

如果一个社会轻视优秀的管道工程,认为它是一项卑贱的活动,而容忍粗制滥造的哲学,因为它是一项崇高的活动,那么这个社会既没有好的管道工程,也没有好的哲学:它的管道和它的理论都站不住脚。

Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable.

有时候,什么是对的并不重要,重要的是什么是有利可图的。