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The contemplation of things as they are, without substitution or imposture, without error or confusion, is in itself a nobler thing than a whole harvest of invention.

  • -- Francis Bacon 弗朗西斯·培根

思考事物的本来面目，没有替代或欺骗，没有错误或困惑，其本身就比整个发明的收获更高贵。

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I like nonsense - it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at life through the wrong end of a telescope... And that enables you to laugh at all of life's realities.

我喜欢胡言乱语——它能唤醒脑细胞。幻想是生活的必要组成部分。这是一种用错误的望远镜观察生命的方式…这让你可以嘲笑生活中的所有现实。

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The theory that can absorb the greatest number of facts, and persist in doing so, generation after generation, through all changes of opinion and detail, is the one that must rule all observation.

能够吸收最多的事实，并坚持这样做，一代又一代，通过所有的意见和细节的变化，是一个理论，必须统治所有的观察。

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When a nation gives birth to a man who is able to produce a great thought, another is born who is able to understand and admire it

当一个民族诞生了一个能产生伟大思想的人，另一个民族也诞生了一个能理解和欣赏伟大思想的人

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I have no illusions about my art. I am what the public made me and, consequently, I am not likely to forget my debt to them.

我对我的艺术没有幻想。我是公众造就我的，因此，我不太可能忘记我欠他们的债。

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I accept relationship as my primary teacher about myself, other people, and the mysteries of the universe.

我接受人际关系是我的主要老师，它教我了解自己、他人和宇宙的奥秘。

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It is not good to see people who have been pretending strength all their lives lose it even for a minute.

看到那些一生都在假装坚强的人，哪怕只有一分钟，也失去了坚强，这是不好的。

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Those who dream by day are cognizant of many things that escape those who dream only at night.

那些白天做梦的人知道许多事情，而那些只在晚上做梦的人却无法做到。

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Observe always that everything is the result of a change.

时刻注意，每件事都是变化的结果。

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