The great majority of people are calm, resourceful, altruistic or even beyond altruistic, as they risk themselves for others. We improvise the conditions of survival beautifully.

  • -- Rebecca Solnit 索尔尼

绝大多数人都是冷静的、足智多谋的、无私的,甚至超越无私,因为他们会为他人冒险。我们把生存条件完美地即兴创造出来。

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Whether the prayer of Seneca was granted we do not know; but, as we do not again hear of Marcus, it is probable that he died before his father, and that the line of Seneca, like that of so many great men, became extinct in the second generation.

我们不知道塞内加的祷告是否得到了应允;但是,由于我们没有再听到马可的消息,他很可能比他的父亲先死,塞内加的家族,和许多伟人的家族一样,在第二代就绝迹了。

All species capable of grasping this fact manage better in the struggle for existence than those which rely upon their own strength alone: the wolf, which hunts in a pack, has a greater chance of survival than the lion, which hunts alone.

所有能够理解这一事实的物种在生存斗争中都比那些只依靠自身力量的物种做得更好:成群狩猎的狼比单独狩猎的狮子有更大的生存机会。

Instead of working for the survival of the fittest, we should be working for the survival of the wittiest -- then we can all die laughing.

与其为适者生存而工作,不如为最聪明的人而工作——这样我们就都能笑着死去。

Character is higher than intellect. A great soul will be strong to live as well as think.

品格高于才智。伟大的灵魂不仅会思考,也会坚强地生活。