The true spirit of delight, the exaltation, the sense of being more than Man, which is the touchstone of the highest excellence, is to be found in mathematics as surely as poetry.

  • -- Bertrand Russell 罗素

真正的快乐精神,兴奋,超越自我的感觉,这是最优秀的试金石,在数学和诗歌中都能找到。

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The universal human laws - need, love for the beloved, fear, hunger, periodic exaltation, the kindness that rises up naturally in the absence of hunger/fear/pain - are constant, predictable, reliable, universal, and are merely ornamented with the details of local culture.

普遍的人类法则——需要、对所爱之人的爱、恐惧、饥饿、周期性的兴奋,以及在没有饥饿/恐惧/痛苦的情况下自然升起的善良——是永恒的、可预测的、可靠的、普遍的,只是点缀着当地文化的细节。

If a man has good corn, or wood, or boards, or pigs to sell, or can make better chairs or knives, crucibles, or church organs, than anybody else, you will find a broad, hard-beaten road to his house, though it be in the woods.

如果一个人有好玉米、好木头、好木板、好猪可以卖,或者比任何人都能做得更好的椅子、刀子、坩埚或教堂的器官,你会发现一条通往他家的宽阔的、不易走的路,尽管这条路是在树林里。

The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it.

工作中快乐的秘密就在于一个词——卓越。知道如何做好一件事就是享受它。

That is a good book which is opened with expectation, and closed with delight and profit.

好书开卷引人入胜,闭卷引人入胜。

The true delight is in the finding out rather than in the knowing.

真正的快乐在于发现而不是知道。