In civilized life, where the happiness, and indeed almost the existence, of man depends so much upon the opinion of his fellow men, he is constantly acting a studied part.

  • -- Washington Irving 华盛顿欧文

在文明生活中,一个人的幸福,甚至几乎是他的生存,在很大程度上取决于他的同胞的意见,他不断地扮演着一个研究的角色。

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The creation of something new is not accomplished by the intellect but by the play instinct acting from inner necessity. The creative mind plays with the objects it loves.

创造新事物不是靠智力,而是靠从内在需要出发的游戏本能。创造性的头脑会玩弄它所喜爱的东西。

I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being.

我认为戏剧是所有艺术形式中最伟大的,是一个人与另一个人分享作为一个人是什么的最直接的方式。

Opinion is that exercise of the human will which helps us to make a decision without information.

意见是人类意志的行使,它帮助我们在没有信息的情况下做出决定。

We're generally overconfident in our opinions and our impressions and judgments.

我们通常对自己的观点、印象和判断过于自信。

I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.

我不知道任何社会都有权强迫另一个社会文明。

The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

人类的终结将是文明的终结。