There are two things which cannot be attacked in front: ignorance and narrow-mindedness. They can only be shaken by the simple development of the contrary qualities. They will not bear discussion.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

有两件事是不能正面攻击的:无知和心胸狭窄。它们只能被相反品质的简单发展所动摇。他们不愿意讨论。

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It was also Hegel who established the view that the different philosophic systems that we find in history are to be comprehended in terms of development and that they are generally one-sided because they owe their origins to a reaction against what has gone before.

黑格尔也建立了这样一种观点,即我们在历史上发现的不同的哲学体系必须从发展的角度来理解,而这些体系通常是片面的,因为它们的起源是对过去的事物的一种反应。

Confidence is at the root of so many attractive qualities, a sense of humor, a sense of style, a willingness to be who you are no matter what anyone else might think or say and it's true, I do have a certain fondness for women that have dark hair.

自信是那么多吸引人的特质的根源,幽默感,时尚感,不管别人怎么想或怎么说,你都愿意做你自己。

When an individual, a sect, a clique or a nation hates and despises another individual, sect, clique or nation, he or they simply do not know the objects of their hatred. Ignorance is at the bottom of it.

当一个人、一个教派、一个小集团或一个国家憎恨或蔑视另一个个人、教派、小集团或国家时,他或他们根本不知道他们憎恨的对象。无知是问题的根源。

In one case out of a hundred a point is excessively discussed because it is obscure; in the ninety-nine remaining it is obscure because it is excessively discussed.

在一百种情况中,有一种情况过分讨论一点,因为它晦涩难懂;在剩下的99篇文章中,由于讨论过多,这篇文章晦涩难懂。

No matter how busy you may think you are, you must find time for reading, or surrender yourself to self-chosen ignorance.

不管你认为自己有多忙,你都必须找时间读书,否则你就会陷入自己选择的无知之中。

The development of new instrumental and vocal idioms has been one of the remarkable phenomena of recent music.

新的器乐和声乐习语的发展是近年来音乐发展的一个显著现象。

As I get older I realize what qualities are important in love and what suits me. And what I won't settle for.

随着年龄的增长,我意识到什么品质在爱情中是重要的,什么适合我。我不会满足于此。

If we have not heard of something, we say that it is ''unheard of.”

如果我们没有听说过某事,我们就说它是“前所未闻的”。