Honest error is to be pitied, not ridiculed.

  • -- Lord Chesterfield 切斯特菲尔德勋爵

诚实的错误应该被同情,而不是嘲笑。

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The idea that one might derive satisfaction from his or her successful work, because that work is ingenious, beautiful, or just pleasing, has become ridiculed.

认为一个人可以从他或她成功的工作中获得满足,因为他或她的工作是巧妙的,美丽的,或者仅仅是令人愉快的,这种想法已经被嘲笑了。

Men have an extraordinarily erroneous opinion of their position in nature; and the error is ineradicable.

人们对自己在自然界中的地位有着极其错误的看法;这个错误是无法消除的。

The greatest part of intimate confidences proceed from a desire either to be pitied or admired.

亲密无间的信任,最大程度上是出于一种想要得到同情或钦佩的愿望。

The study of error serves as a stimulating introduction to the study of truth.

对错误的研究是对真理研究的一种启发性的介绍。