Those who are born of parents broken with old age, or of such as are not yet ripe or are too young, or of drunkards, soft or effeminate men, want a great and liberal ingenuity or wit.

  • -- Thomas Willis 托马斯·威利斯

有些人的父母因年老而破碎,有些人的父母还不成熟,有些人的父母还太小,有些人的父母喝醉了,有些人的父母很软弱,有些人的父母很柔弱,这些人都需要伟大而自由的才智。

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I was trying to make something really hard, but then I thought I should make something really soft instead, that could be molded into different shapes. That was how I came up with the first plastic. I called it Bakelite.

我试着做一些非常硬的东西,但后来我想我应该做一些非常软的东西,可以塑造成不同的形状。这就是我如何想出第一个塑料。我叫它胶木。

A character who is thought-out is not born, he or she is contrived. A born character is round, a thought-out character is flat.

一个深思熟虑的角色不是天生的,他或她是人为的。一个天生的性格是圆的,一个深思熟虑的性格是平的。

We were born to run; we were born because we run.

我们生来就会跑;我们出生是因为我们奔跑。

Soft men tend to be born from soft countries.

软心肠的人往往出生于软心肠的国家。