It is a mortifying truth, and ought to teach the wisest of us humility, that many of the most valuable discoveries have been the result of chance rather than of contemplation, and of accident rather than of design.

-- Charles Caleb Colton 英国作家科尔顿

这是一个令人痛心的事实，也应该让我们当中最聪明的人懂得谦卑:许多最有价值的发现，都是偶然的结果，而不是深思熟虑的结果，都是偶然的结果，而不是精心设计的结果。

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They sit there in committees day after day, And they each put in a color and it comes out gray. And we all have heard the saying, which is true as well as witty, That a camel is a horse that was designed by a committee.

他们日复一日地坐在委员会里，每个人都涂上一种颜色，结果是灰色的。我们都听说过这句话，这是真的，也很诙谐，骆驼是由一个委员会设计的马。

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The discovery of truth is prevented more effectively, not by the false appearance things present and which mislead into error, not directly by weakness of the reasoning powers, but by preconceived opinion, by prejudice

要更有效地阻止真理的发现，不是因为眼前的假象，也不是因为推理能力的弱点，而是因为先入之见和偏见

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When I design buildings, I think of the overall composition, much as the parts of a body would fit together. On top of that, I think about how people will approach the building and experience that space.

当我设计建筑的时候，我考虑的是整体的组成，就像一个身体的各个部分会组合在一起一样。最重要的是，我想人们将如何接近建筑和体验那个空间。

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