It is not so important to be serious as it is to be serious about the important things. The monkey wears an expression of seriousness which would do credit to any college student, but the monkey is serious because he itches.

  • -- Robert M. Hutchins 罗伯特·M·哈钦斯

认真对待重要的事情比认真对待重要的事情更重要。猴子脸上带着严肃的表情,这对任何大学生来说都是一种荣誉,但是猴子很严肃,因为他发痒。

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Though every legal task demands this skill, it is especially important in the effort to frame public policy in a way that is properly responsive to human needs and predicaments. The question is always: How will the general rule work in practice?

虽然每一项法律任务都需要这一技能,但在以一种适当响应人类需要和困境的方式制定公共政策方面,这一技能尤其重要。问题总是:一般规则在实践中如何工作?

There seems to be this impression that if I really am a psychotherapist, I can't be serious about it. They think there must be something fishy going on.

似乎有这样一种印象,如果我真的是一名心理治疗师,我就不会认真对待它。他们认为一定有什么可疑的事情在发生。

A little less complaint and whining, and a little more dogged work and manly striving, would do us more credit than a thousand civil rights bills.

少一点抱怨和牢骚,多一点坚韧不拔的工作和男子气概的奋斗,比一千项民权法案对我们更有好处。

It is often the failure who is the pioneer in new lands, new undertakings, and new forms of expression.

在新土地、新事业和新表现形式方面,往往是失败者成为先驱。

No person will make a great business who wants to do it all himself or get all the credit.

如果一个人想独当一面或独当一面,他就不可能把生意做得很好。

In politics, every day is filled with numerous opportunities for serious error. Enjoy it.

在政治上,每天都有无数的机会犯严重错误。享受它。

I mean, it's not important what kind of pants you wear; it's how you wear them.

我的意思是,穿什么样的裤子并不重要;而是你怎么穿。

Silence is the most perfect expression of scorn.

沉默是轻蔑最完美的表达。