In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

  • -- Julius Caesar 凯撒大帝

在战争中,重要的事件是由微不足道的原因造成的。

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We are the only beings on the planet who lead such rich internal lives that it's not the events that matter most to us, but rather, it's how we interpret those events that will determine how we think about ourselves and how we will act in the future.

我们是这个星球上唯一拥有如此丰富内心生活的生物,以至于对我们来说最重要的不是事件本身,而是我们如何解读这些事件,这些事件将决定我们如何看待自己,以及我们未来将如何行动。

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

一个政治家……你要等他听见神的脚步经过,就跳起来,抓住他的衣襟。

We are to admit no more causes of natural things than such as are both true and sufficient to explain their appearances.

对于自然事物的原因,我们只能承认那些既真实又足以解释其表象的原因。

If we are surrounded by the trivial and the vicious, it is all too easy to make our peace with it.

如果我们被琐碎和邪恶所包围,我们很容易与之和平相处。

Character is better than ancestry, and personal conduct is of more importance than the highest.

品格胜于祖先,个人行为胜于至上。

Giving parties is a trivial avocation, but it pays the dues for my union card in humanity.

举办聚会是一项微不足道的业余爱好,但它为我的人性联盟卡支付了会费。

The life of man is of no greater importance to the universe than that of an oyster.

人的生命对宇宙的重要性不亚于牡蛎的生命。

It is almost always the cover-up rather than the event that causes trouble.

造成麻烦的几乎总是掩盖,而不是事件本身。