My observation is that whenever one person is found adequate to the discharge of a duty... it is worse executed by two persons, and scarcely done at all if three or more are employed therein.

  • -- George Washington 乔治华盛顿

我的观察是,只要有一个人被发现能胜任某项工作,……两个人做的效果更差,如果三个或更多的人同时做的话,效果就更差了。

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I engaged upon those activities because I believed that, in the dangerous circumstances which have been created in South Africa, it was my duty to do so.

我从事这些活动,因为我相信,在南非已经出现的危险情况下,我有责任这样做。

The moral law commands us to make the highest possible good in a world the final object of all our conduct.

道德律要求我们把世界上可能达到的最高善作为我们一切行为的最终目标。

Not observation of a duty but liberty itself is the pledge that assures fidelity.

不是遵守义务,而是自由本身是保证忠诚的保证。

Observation is a passive science, experimentation an active science.

观察是一门被动的科学,实验是一门主动的科学。

I went from somebody who didn't sing to somebody who didn't speak.

我从一个不会唱歌的人变成了一个不会说话的人。

Self -- love is the worst of all flattery.

自爱是所有奉承中最糟糕的。