I soon became convinced... that all the theorizing would be empty brain exercise and therefore a waste of time unless one first ascertained what the population of the universe really consists of.

  • -- Fritz Zwicky 弗里茨·茨威基

我很快就相信了……所有的理论都是空洞的大脑活动,因此如果不先弄清楚宇宙到底由什么组成,那就是在浪费时间。

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To that class we may leave it to refine the vernacular dialects of the country, to enrich those dialects with terms of science borrowed from the Western nomenclature, and to render them by degrees fit vehicles for conveying knowledge to the great mass of the population.

对于这一类人,我们可以把它留给改进本国的方言,用借用西方命名法的科学术语来丰富这些方言,并使它们逐渐成为向广大人民传播知识的工具。

The longer I live the more convinced I become that one of the greatest honors we can confer on other people is to see them as they are, to recognize not only that they exist, but that they exist in specific ways and have specific realities.

我活得越久,就越确信,我们能够授予他人的最大荣誉之一,就是看到他们的本来面目,不仅认识到他们的存在,而且认识到他们以特定的方式存在,并拥有特定的现实。

Work at the same time on sky, water, branches, ground, keeping everything going on an equal basis... Don't be afraid of putting on colour... Paint generously and unhesitatingly, for it is best not to lose the first impression.

同时在天空、水、树枝、地面上工作,让一切都在平等的基础上进行……不要害怕穿颜色…慷慨而毫不犹豫地画,因为最好不要失去第一印象。

Books are the most mannerly of companions, accessible at all times, in all moods, frankly declaring the author's mind, without offense.

书籍是最彬彬有礼的伙伴,在任何时候、任何心情下都可以接近,毫无冒犯之意地坦率地表达作者的思想。

I am strongly convinced that the people or society is the best and the most unerring critic.

我坚信,人民和社会是最好的、最正确的批评家。

As the population of Georgia increased dramatically, so did development.

随着格鲁吉亚人口的急剧增长,发展也在迅猛增长。