If the past cannot teach the present and the father cannot teach the son, then history need not have bothered to go on, and the world has wasted a great deal of time.

  • -- Russell Hoban 罗素·霍本

如果过去教不了现在,父亲也教不了儿子,那么历史就不必费心继续下去了,世界已经浪费了大量的时间。

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Emotionally I am an atheist. I don't have the evidence to prove that God doesn't exist, but I so strongly suspect he doesn't that I don't want to waste my time.

从感情上讲,我是个无神论者。我没有证据证明上帝不存在,但我强烈怀疑他不存在,所以我不想浪费时间。

The man who won't loan money isn't going to have many friends - or need them.

不愿借钱的人不会有很多朋友,也不会需要他们。

A samurai must remain calm at all times even in the face of danger.

即使面临危险,武士也必须时刻保持冷静。

The need to be right all the time is the biggest bar to new ideas.

对新想法的最大障碍是始终保持正确。