Some old men, continually praise the time of their youth. In fact, you would almost think that there were no fools in their days, but unluckily they themselves are left as an example.

  • -- Alexander Pope 亚历山大·波普

有些老人,不断地赞美他们年轻时的时光。事实上,你几乎会认为在他们那个时代没有傻瓜,但不幸的是,他们自己被留作了榜样。

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Original sin is the only rational solution of the undeniable fact of the deep, universal and early manifested sinfulness of men in all ages, of every class, and in every part of the world.

原罪是对不可否认的事实的唯一理性的解决办法,这一不可否认的事实是,人类在各个时代、各个阶层和世界各地都存在着深刻、普遍和早期表现出来的罪恶。

The classical example of a successful research programme is Newton's gravitational theory: possibly the most successful research programme ever.

一个成功研究项目的经典例子是牛顿引力理论:这可能是有史以来最成功的研究项目。

You've got to make it a good example for those kids regardless of how much you mess up.

不管你把事情搞得有多糟,你都要为那些孩子树立一个好榜样。

Men are very fragile creatures. Their psyches are so closely tied to their epididymis.

人类是非常脆弱的生物。他们的心理与附睾紧密相连。

It was a black and white only computer at the time, but it kept me fascinated.

那是当时唯一的黑白电脑,但它让我着迷。

In my writing, as much as I could, I tried to find the good, and praise it.

在我的写作中,我尽我所能地去发现好的一面,并赞美它。

Fair words please the fool, and sometimes the wise.

甜言蜜语让傻瓜高兴,有时也让智者高兴。

I pretty much make time for that weekly manicure.

我每周都会抽出时间来修指甲。