Is it a surprise that into the vessel, in which the mercury has no inclination and no repugnance, not even the slightest, to being there, it should enter and should rise in a column high enough to make equilibrium with the weight of the external air which forces it up?

  • -- Evangelista Torricelli 托里切利福音

水银在容器中没有倾斜度,没有任何反感,甚至没有丝毫的反感,因此,当它进入容器时,它应该上升到足够高的水柱中,使之与迫使它上升的外部空气的重量达到平衡,这难道不奇怪吗?

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That was always my inclination, to start on a new play before the other one gets done, because at least you'll have something to go back to if that play gets trashed.

这一直是我的倾向,在另一个剧本完成之前就开始一个新的剧本,因为如果那个剧本被毁了,至少你还有东西可以回去看。

Feeling is the consciousness of the resulting conditions - of success, failure, equilibrium, compromise or balance, in this continuous rivalry of ideas.

感觉是意识到结果的条件-成功,失败,平衡,妥协或平衡,在这种不断竞争的思想。

The benefit of the radio is, something beyond your realm of knowledge can surprise you, can enter your realm of knowledge.

收音机的好处是,一些超出你的知识领域的东西可以让你惊讶,可以进入你的知识领域。

I never question what to do, it tells me what to do. The photographs make themselves with my help.

我从不质疑该做什么,它告诉我该做什么。这些照片是在我的帮助下完成的。

If they aren't real enough to surprise me, then they aren't real enough to go on the page.

如果它们不够真实,不足以让我感到惊讶,那么它们也不够真实,不足以让我动笔。

Often the best answer to the to the evil inclination is not “No!” but “Maybe.”

对于这种邪恶倾向,最好的回答往往不是“不!”但“也许”。

Why do you always insist on playing while I'm trying to conduct?

为什么我在指挥的时候你总是坚持演奏?