He who lives in the single exercise of his mental faculties, however usefully or curiously directed, is equally an imperfect animal with the man who knows only the exercise of muscles.

  • -- Frances Wright 弗朗西丝·莱特

一个人如果只运用他的一种智力,不管这种智力的运用是多么有用,是多么奇特,那么他和一个只知道运用肌肉的人一样,都是一种不完美的动物。

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In days when the public safety is imminently threatened, and the fate of a nation may hang upon a single act, we owe frank speech, above all other men, to him who is highest in authority. I shall speak to you as man to man.

在公共安全受到迫在眉睫的威胁,一个国家的命运可能取决于某一行动的日子里,我们应该把坦率的言论,置于所有人之上,归功于最高权威的上帝。我要像对人那样对你说话。

We come to love not by finding the perfect person but by learning to see an imperfect person perfectly.

我们爱一个人,不是因为找到了一个完美的人,而是因为我们学会了把一个不完美的人看得完美无缺。

You don't love someone because they're perfect, you love them in spite of the fact that they're not.

你爱一个人不是因为他们完美,而是因为他们并不完美。

The exercise of singing is delightful to nature and good to preserve the health of Man.

歌唱运动对大自然是令人愉快的,有利于保持人类的健康。

You're single because you fall for people on the covers of the magazines.

你单身是因为你爱上了杂志封面上的人。

But you can't exercise and be high. It's impossible.

但你不能既锻炼又兴奋。这是不可能的。