Of course, relative citation frequencies are no measure of relative importance. Who has not aspired to write a paper so fundamental that very soon it is known to everyone and cited by no one?

  • -- Abraham Pais 亚伯拉罕·派斯

当然,相对引用频率并不能衡量相对重要性。谁没有想过要写一篇如此基础的论文,以至于很快大家都知道了,却没有人引用它呢?

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Only reason can convince us of those three fundamental truths without a recognition of which there can be no effective liberty: that what we believe is not necessarily true; that what we like is not necessarily good; and that all questions are open.

只有理性才能使我们相信这三个基本真理,而不承认这三个真理,就不可能有真正的自由:我们相信的不一定是真理;我们喜欢的不一定是好的;所有的问题都是开放的。

But when I was twelve years old I caught my first strong glimpse of one of the fundamental forces of existence, whose votary I was destined to be for life - namely, Beauty.

但当我十二岁的时候,我第一次强烈地看到了存在的基本力量之一,它是我注定要终生追随的——那就是美。

Everything is relative. If you want to understand a problem you look at its cause. You don’t look at its manifestation.

一切都是相对的。如果你想了解一个问题,你要看它的起因。你不看它的表现。

At the lodge the chief gave me many particulars which were relative to the late visit of the Spaniards.

在分会里,首领给我讲了许多有关西班牙人最近来访的详细情况。

While being madly in love is fun, perhaps one should aspire to be sanely in love.

疯狂地恋爱是一种乐趣,也许一个人应该渴望理智地恋爱。

Success is causing the world around you to aspire to your inspiration.

成功是让你周围的世界都渴望你的灵感。