It is a pleasant thing to reflect upon, and furnishes a complete answer to those who contend for the gradual degeneration of the human species, that every baby born into the world is a finer one than the last.

  • -- Charles Dickens 查尔斯·狄更斯

这是一件令人愉快的事情,并为那些为人类物种的逐渐退化而斗争的人提供了一个完整的答案,即每一个出生在这个世界上的婴儿都比上一个更好。

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I must stress here the point that I appreciate clarity, order, meaning, structure, rationality: they are necessary to whatever provisional stability we have, and they can be the agents of gradual and successful change.

我必须在此强调一点,我欣赏明确性、秩序、意义、结构和合理性:它们对于我们所拥有的任何临时稳定都是必要的,并且它们可以成为渐进和成功变革的推动者。

Ideas came with explosive immediacy, like an instant birth. Human thought is like a monstrous pendulum; it keeps swinging from one extreme to the other.

思想的产生具有爆炸性的即时性,就像一个瞬间的诞生。人类的思想就像一个巨大的钟摆;它一直从一个极端摇摆到另一个极端。

My career has been a gradual climb. I think that's part of the reason why I've had longevity.

我的事业一直在逐步攀升。我想这就是我长寿的部分原因。

To succeed in life in today's world, you must have the will and tenacity to finish the job.

要在当今世界的生活中取得成功,你必须有完成工作的意志和毅力。

I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.

我不是鸟;没有网能把我缠住;我是一个拥有独立意志的自由的人。

There's no such thing as an overnight success. It took me a long to get there.

没有一夜之间的成功。我花了很长时间才到那里。

There was no such thing as defeat if you didn't accept it.

如果你不接受失败,就没有失败这回事。

The world loves to be deceived.

这个世界喜欢被欺骗。