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Permanence, perseverance and persistence in spite of all obstacles, discouragement s, and impossibilities: It is this, that in all things distinguishes the strong soul from the weak.

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

尽管有种种障碍、挫折和不可能，但坚韧不拔、锲而不舍和坚持不懈，正是这一点使强者区别于弱者。

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Science has sometimes been said to be opposed to faith, and inconsistent with it. But all science, in fact, rests on a basis of faith, for it assumes the permanence and uniformity of natural laws - a thing which can never be demonstrated.

科学有时被说成是与信仰对立的，而且与信仰不一致。但事实上，所有的科学都建立在信仰的基础上，因为它假定自然规律的持久性和统一性——这是永远无法证明的。

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Melanie is more of a disciplinarian with the little girl than me, probably because it's my first baby. She gets everything easy from Papa. I am more weak. She takes advantage of me.

媚兰对这个小女孩比我更严格，可能是因为这是我的第一个孩子。她从爸爸那里得到一切都很容易。我更虚弱了。她占我便宜。

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E. M. Forster never gets any further than warming the teapot. He's a rare fine hand at that. Feel this teapot. Is it not beautifully warm? Yes, but there ain't going to be no tea.

福斯特不过是把茶壶暖了暖而已。他在这方面是个罕见的高手。觉得这茶壶。天气不是很暖和吗?是的，但是不会没有茶的。

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This growth in the number, speed of formation, permanence, delicacy and complexity of associations possible for an animal reaches its acme in the case of man.

动物在数量、形成速度、持久性、精微性和复杂联想方面的增长在人类身上达到了极致。

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The heights by great men reached and kept / Were not attained by sudden flight, / But they, while their companions slept, / Were toiling upward in the night.

伟人所能达到并保持的高度不是靠突然的飞行所能达到的，而是当他们的同伴熟睡时，他们在夜间努力向上攀登。

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The best thing about being a cartoonist is to walk into a bar or someone's apartment and they don't know you, but they've taped one of your pieces up.

当一个漫画家最好的事情就是走进一个酒吧或者别人的公寓，他们不认识你，但是他们已经把你的一幅画粘好了。

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Occasions do not make a man either strong or weak but they show what he is.

机会不会使人变得强壮或虚弱，但它能显示出一个人的本质。

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Then, at some point, you get identified with certain things.

然后，在某一时刻，你会认同某些事情。

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Orators are most vehement when their cause is weak.

当演说者的事业薄弱时，他们最激烈。

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Solitary trees, if they grow at all, grow strong.

孤独的树，如果它们生长，就会变得强壮。

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