Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

每一门科学的基础都有一套固定不变的原则体系,就像宇宙受到这些原则的制约和支配一样。人不能制定原则;他只能发现它们。

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Waste is worse than loss. The time is coming when every person who lays claim to ability will keep the question of waste before him constantly. The scope of thrift is limitless.

浪费比损失更糟糕。每一个自称有能力的人都会把浪费的问题不断地摆在面前,这一时刻即将来临。节俭的范围是无限的。

In my second year, after moving to the Medical School, I began the courses of Anatomy and Physiology. I had begun to see that I was interested in cells and their functions.

在我进入医学院的第二年,我开始学习解剖学和生理学。我开始对细胞及其功能感兴趣。

On Wall Street he and a few others - how many? three hundred, four hundred, five hundred? had become precisely that... Masters of the Universe.

在华尔街,他和其他一些人——有多少人?三百,四百,五百?恰恰变成了……宇宙的主人。

It would be curious to discover who it is to whom one writes in a diary. Possibly to some mysterious personification of one's own identity.

想知道写日记的对象是谁是件很有趣的事。可能是对自己身份的神秘化身。

God has stated in clear and concise language how He created the universe and we ought not to doubt His Word.

上帝已经用清晰简洁的语言说明了他是如何创造宇宙的,我们不应该怀疑他的话。

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

原则最有用的地方是,它总是可以为权宜之计而牺牲。

Your work is to discover your world and then with all your heart give yourself to it.

你的工作是发现你的世界,然后全身心地投入其中。

When I was in high school I was a super serious athlete. I wasn't fun at all.

当我在高中的时候,我是一个超级认真的运动员。我一点也不好玩。

Light, God's eldest daughter, is a principal beauty in a building.

光,上帝的长女,是建筑中最主要的美。

For every whack I've given, I've gotten four or five.

我每打一次,就会得到四五次。