Man is the only creature that consumes without producing. He does not give milk, he does not lay eggs, he is too weak to pull the plough, he cannot run fast enough to catch rabbits. Yet he is lord of all the animals.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

人类是唯一只会消费而不生产的生物。它不产奶,不下蛋,它太弱了,拉不动犁,它跑得不够快,抓不到兔子。然而他是所有动物的主人。

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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.

人是一种需要秩序但又渴望改变的生物,这是构成他的从众性和定义他的越轨行为的法则的核心的创造性矛盾。

I don't want to say work is who I am, but some people feel more centered and more whole when they're producing and creating.

我不想说工作就是我,但有些人在生产和创造的时候会觉得更有中心,更完整。

Definition of Statistics: The science of producing unreliable facts from reliable figures.

统计学的定义:从可靠的数字中得出不可靠的事实的科学。

A healthy old fellow, who is not a fool, is the happiest creature living.

一个健康的老人,他不是一个傻瓜,是生活中最幸福的人。