Everything deep is also simple and can be reproduced simply as long as its reference to the whole truth is maintained. But what matters is not what is witty but what is true.

  • -- Albert Schweitzer 艾伯特·施韦策

一切深刻的东西都是简单的,只要保持对整个真理的参照,就可以简单地再现出来。但重要的不是机智,而是真实。

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I walk the streets, take the train, it's real simple. Some actors create their own mythology: 'Oh, I'm so famous I can't go places, because I created this mythology that I'm so famous I can't go places.'

我走在街上,坐火车,这真的很简单。有些演员创造了自己的神话:“哦,我太出名了,我不能去任何地方,因为我创造了这个神话,我太出名了,我不能去任何地方。”

Living is like working out a long addition sum, and if you make a mistake in the first two totals you will never find the right answer. It means involving oneself in a complicated chain of circumstances.

生活就像做一个很长的加法,如果你在前两个加法上犯了错误,你将永远找不到正确的答案。它意味着把自己卷入一系列复杂的环境中。

Such is the nature of men, that howsoever they may acknowledge many others to be more witty, or more eloquent, or more learned; yet they will hardly believe there be many so wise as themselves.

人的本性就是如此,无论他们如何承认别人比自己更机智、更雄辩或更有学问;然而,他们几乎不会相信有许多人像他们一样聪明。

The credit which the apparent conformity with recognized scientific standards can gain for seemingly simple but false theories may, as the present instance shows, have grave consequences.

正如目前的例子所表明的那样,表面上符合公认的科学标准的人可以从看似简单而错误的理论中获得荣誉,这可能会产生严重的后果。

I've figured out my learning curve. I can look at something and somehow know exactly how long it will take for me to learn it.

我已经算出了我的学习曲线。我可以看着某样东西,然后以某种方式确切地知道我需要多长时间才能学会它。

French and German illustrate the misleading character of apparent grammatical simplicity just as well.

法语和德语也同样说明了明显的语法简单性所具有的误导性。

If it were not for the company of fools, a witty man would often be greatly at a loss.

如果没有一群愚蠢的人作伴,一个聪明的人往往会不知所措。

Don't be afraid of being different, Be afraid of being the same as everyone else.

不要害怕与众不同,要害怕和别人一样。

There's nothing wrong with being fired.

被解雇没有什么错。

I've always liked simplicity.

我一直喜欢简单。