The man who can reason properly can invent; and anyone who wants to invent must be able to reason. The only people who think that the one can be separated from the other are those who have no inclination for either.

  • -- Gotthold Ephraim Lessing 莱辛

能正确推理的人能发明;任何想要发明的人都必须能够推理。只有那些对两者都没有兴趣的人才认为两者是可以分离的。

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In fact, it is a farce to call any being virtuous whose virtues do not result from the exercise of its own reason.

事实上,如果一个人的美德不是由他自己的理性所产生的,那么把他称为有德之人就是一场闹剧。

The only reason anyone goes to Broadway is because they can't get work in the movies.

人们去百老汇的唯一原因是他们不能在电影里找到工作。