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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The former measured six feet and an inch in his stockings, and, without a single pound of cumbrous flesh about him, weighed a hundred and eighty. The latter was an inch shorter than his rival, and ten pounds lighter; but he was much the most active of the two.

前者在他的长统袜里有六英尺零一英寸长,身上没有一磅赘肉,却有一百八十磅重。后者比他的对手矮一英寸,轻十磅;但他是这两个人中最活跃的。

The world is not imperfect or slowly evolving along a path to perfection. No, it is perfect at every moment, every sin already carries grace in it.

世界并不是不完美的,也不是沿着完美之路缓慢进化的。不,它每时每刻都是完美的,每一种罪都已经包含着恩典。

To be good, we must do good; and by doing good we take a sure means of being good, as the use and exercise of the muscles increase their power.

要想行善,就必须行善;通过行善,我们获得了一种确定的行善方式,因为肌肉的使用和锻炼增加了它们的力量。

It’s called flirting when you are in a relationship, but it is called being friendly when you are single.

恋爱时这叫做调情,但单身时这叫做友好。

Exercise? I get it on the golf course. When I see my friends collapse, I run for the paramedics.

运动吗?我是在高尔夫球场上练的。当我看到我的朋友们倒下时,我就跑去看医护人员。