No rule is so general, which admits not some exception.

  • -- Robert Burton 罗伯特·伯顿

没有哪条规则如此普遍,也不允许有例外。

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It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.

人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一,但只要分数权重是一般的,就没有必要特别解释这个事实,也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。

I believe without exception that theory follows practice. Whenever there is a conflict between theory and practice, theory is wrong. As far as I'm concerned, we make theories for what people have done.

我毫无例外地相信理论遵循实践。当理论和实践发生冲突时,理论就是错误的。就我而言,我们为人们所做的事情做理论。

We know: of course, with regard to the market and similar social structures, a great many facts which we cannot measure and on which indeed we have only some very imprecise and general information.

我们知道:当然,关于市场和类似的社会结构,有许多事实是我们无法衡量的,而且我们确实只有一些非常不精确和笼统的资料。

One of the things that upset me was some of the criticism leveled at Simon and Garfunkel. I always took exception to it, but actually I agree with a lot of it.

令我心烦意乱的一件事是有人批评西蒙和加芬克尔。我总是反对,但实际上我在很多方面都同意。

First rule of politics: you can't win unless you're on the ballot. Second rule: If you run, you may lose. And, if you tie, you do not win.

政治的第一条规则:你不可能赢,除非你在选票上。第二条规则:如果你跑步,你可能会输。而且,如果你平了,你就赢不了。

Bookworms will rule the world as soon as we finish one more chapter.

只要我们再读完一章,书虫就会统治世界。