I think that my main criticism in that book was directed at the general assumption that adaptation characterizes populations and species, rather than simply the individuals in the populations and species.

  • -- George C. Williams 乔治·威廉斯

我认为我在那本书中的主要批评是针对一个普遍的假设,即适应性是种群和物种的特征,而不仅仅是种群和物种中的个体。

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The more I work with the body, keeping my assumptions in a temporary state of reservation, the more I appreciate and sympathize with a given disease. The body no longer appears as a sick or irrational demon, but as a process with its own inner logic and wisdom.

我对身体的研究越多,把我的假设保持在暂时的保留状态,我就越欣赏和同情某种特定的疾病。身体不再是一个病态或非理性的恶魔,而是一个具有内在逻辑和智慧的过程。

In the end, my reasons for moving down the timeline and introducing a new cast have more to do with keeping myself entertained, on the assumption that if I get bored, my readers are going to be even more bored.

最后,我之所以把时间轴往下移,并引入新的演员阵容,更多的是为了让自己开心,因为我认为,如果我感到无聊,我的读者会更无聊。

I was not born to be prime minister, and I'm not going to stay here until the end of my life. I'm too young for that.

我生来就不是当首相的料,我也不会在这里呆到我生命的尽头。我太年轻了,做不到。

Association with my pupils has kept me young in my work. Criticism of their work has kept my own point of view clear.

与学生交往使我在工作中保持年轻。对他们工作的批评使我的观点很清楚。

Know that the amount of criticism you receive may correlate somewhat to the amount of publicity you receive.

要知道,你收到的批评的数量可能与你收到的宣传的数量多少多少有关。

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

嫉妒更多地源于对自己的爱,而不是对他人的爱。