If the education and studies of children were suited to their inclinations and capacities, many would be made useful members of society that otherwise would make no figure in it.

  • -- Samuel Richardson 塞缪尔·理查森

如果儿童的教育和研究符合他们的爱好和能力,许多人就会成为社会上有用的成员,否则就不会成为社会上的一员。

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When I got to Princeton I made a point of attending the Philosophy Club and listening to the lectures, but I didn't get involved in any discussions in those clubs. I guess after the first year, I dropped that.

当我来到普林斯顿的时候,我很重视参加哲学俱乐部,听讲座,但是我没有参与任何俱乐部的讨论。我想第一年之后,我就放弃了。

We use tools such as email, not just as a way to keep in daily touch with family members who live in other cities, but also as a way to keep in touch with staff and members of the public.

我们使用电子邮件等工具,不仅是为了与居住在其他城市的家庭成员保持日常联系,也是为了与工作人员和公众保持联系。

They very seldom let me lose my cool. They made me like I was Polly Perfect, which was ridiculous so that when I bump into kids on the street they'd say 'I wish my Mom were like you.'

他们很少让我失去冷静。他们让我觉得我是完美的波莉,这太荒谬了,所以当我在街上遇到孩子时,他们会说:“我希望我妈妈像你一样。”

You have to understand that crew members make movies so they're seeing a lot of actors all the time in their career acting.

你必须明白摄制组成员拍电影,所以在他们的职业生涯中,他们看到了很多演员。

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.

热血使年轻人经常改变他们的爱好,习惯使老年人保持他们的爱好很长一段时间。

One of the things you realize with a lot of high achievers: You have to figure out a way to make things their idea.

对于很多成功人士来说,你会意识到一件事:你必须想办法让他们的想法成为现实。

You can't make the same mistake twice. The second time you make it, it's no longer a mistake, it's a choice.

你不能犯同样的错误两次。当你第二次犯错时,这不再是一个错误,而是一个选择。

There are a great many men valued in society who have nothing to recommend them but serviceable vices.

社会上有许多受人器重的人,他们除了有用的恶习之外,没有什么可取之处。

If you really want something you can figure out how to make it happen.

如果你真的想要什么,你可以想办法让它发生。

Nothing is capable of being well set to music that is not nonsense.

没有一件事不是毫无意义的,它能很好地配合音乐。

Cinema has the capacity to be so physiological.

电影具有如此生理的能力。

So much opportunity, so many possibilities.

这么多的机会,这么多的可能性。

The worst mistake is to not make any.

最糟糕的错误是什么也不做。