I take it that the good of mankind means the attainment, by every man, of all the happiness which he can enjoy without diminishing the happiness of his fellow men.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

我认为,人类的利益意味着每个人都能获得他所能享受的一切幸福,而不损害他的同胞的幸福。

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I don't make a habit of watching tennis matches, but I try to watch all the major finals. I try to make time for that. So unless I have something going with the kids where I can't, I try to watch, and I enjoy that.

我没有看网球比赛的习惯,但我会试着看所有的决赛。我尽量挤出时间。所以除非我和孩子们有什么我不能做的事情,否则我会试着去看,而且我很享受。

Happy indeed is the scientist who not only has the pleasures which I have enumerated, but who also wins the recognition of fellow scientists and of the mankind which ultimately benefits from his endeavors.

的确,科学家是幸福的,他不仅拥有我列举的快乐,而且还赢得了其他科学家和人类的认可,这些认可最终得益于他的努力。

Not a single man on earth knows from his own experience the how and where of his birth, only from tradition, which is often very uncertain.

世界上没有一个人从他自己的经历中知道他是怎样和在哪里出生的,只有从传统中才知道,而传统往往是非常不确定的。

Every young man would do well to remember that all successful business stands on the foundation of morality.

每个年轻人都应该牢记,所有成功的事业都是建立在道德基础上的。

If you have good thoughts, they will shine out of your face like sunbeams, and you will always look lovely.

如果你有好的想法,它们会像阳光一样从你的脸上闪耀出来,你会永远看起来很可爱。

My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth.

我丈夫说我的脚很小很好,因为它们更容易进入我的嘴里。

Every great advance in natural knowledge has involved the absolute rejection of authority.

自然知识的每一个重大进步都涉及到对权威的绝对排斥。

Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corruption and error hardwired at inception.

人类发明的任何东西,从一开始就注定有官僚主义、腐败和错误。

The histories of mankind are histories only of the higher classes.

人类的历史只是上层阶级的历史。

You can't enjoy light verse with a heavy heart.

你不能心情沉重地欣赏轻松的诗歌。