The merit of originality is not novelty; it is sincerity.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

原创的价值不在于新颖;这是真诚。

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The major novelty of my theory was its claim that the most rapid evolutionary change does not occur in widespread, populous species, as claimed by Most geneticists, but in small founder populations.

我的理论的主要新颖之处在于,它声称,最迅速的进化变化并不像大多数遗传学家所声称的那样,发生在广泛的、人口众多的物种中,而是发生在创始人人数较少的群体中。

Of all the passions of mankind, the love of novelty most rules the mind. In search of this, from realm to realm we roam. Our fleets come loaded with every folly home.

在人类所有的激情中,对新奇事物的热爱支配着人们的思想。为了寻找这一点,我们从一个领域漫游到另一个领域。我们的舰队满载着蠢货返航。

The desire of talking of ourselves, and showing those faults we do not mind having seen, makes up a good part of our sincerity.

想要谈论自己,想要表现出那些我们不介意看到的缺点,这构成了我们真诚的很大一部分。

Plagiarists, at least, have the merit of preservation.

剽窃者至少有保存文物的优点。

Behind the gentle bard lies the deadly bard.

在温文尔雅的吟游诗人背后,躺着致命的吟游诗人。

There's always merit to having a debate.

辩论总是有好处的。