Observe always that everything is the result of change, and get used to thinking that there is nothing Nature loves so well as to change existing forms and make new ones like them.

  • -- Marcus Aurelius 马库斯·奥雷利乌斯

要时刻注意,每件事都是变化的结果,要习惯于这样的想法:自然界最喜欢改变现有的形式,创造出与之相似的新形式。

相关名言

The Negroes have little invention, but strong powers of imitation, so that they readily acquire mechanic arts. They have a great talent for music, and all their external senses are remarkably acute.

黑人没有什么发明,但有很强的模仿能力,因此他们很容易掌握机械技术。他们有音乐天赋,所有的外部感官都非常敏锐。

Die when I may, I want it said of me by those who knew me best, that I always plucked a thistle and planted a flower where I thought a flower would grow.

当我可以死去的时候,我希望那些最了解我的人对我说,我总是摘下蓟,在我认为会开花的地方种上一朵花。

The purpose of learning is growth, and our minds, unlike our bodies, can continue growing as we continue to live.

学习的目的是成长,我们的思想,不像我们的身体,可以在我们继续生活的同时继续成长。

Acquiring knowledge is a form of imitation.

获取知识是模仿的一种形式。