Mistakes are, after all, the foundations of truth, and if a man does not know what a thing is, it is at least an increase in knowledge if he knows what it is not.

  • -- Carl Gustav Jung 卡尔·古斯塔夫·荣格

错误毕竟是真理的基础,如果一个人不知道一件事是什么,那么如果他知道它不是什么,那么他至少增加了知识。

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A man of sense only trifles with them, plays with them, humors and flatters them, as he does with a sprightly and forward child; but he neither consults them about, nor trusts them with, serious matters.

一个有理智的人只会和他们玩些鸡毛蒜皮的事,逗他们开心,奉承他们,就像他对待一个活泼好动的孩子一样;但他既不向他们请教,也不把严肃的事情托付给他们。

Just as the constant increase of entropy is the basic law of the universe, so it is the basic law of life to be ever more highly structured and to struggle against entropy.

正如熵的不断增加是宇宙的基本定律一样,它也是生命的基本定律,需要更加严密地组织起来,并与熵作斗争。

Nearly every man who develops an idea works it up to the point where it looks impossible, and then he gets discouraged. That's not the place to become discouraged.

几乎每个有想法的人都会把它发展到看起来不可能的程度,然后他就会泄气。这不是气馁的地方。

Evolutionary psychology is one of four sciences that are bringing human nature back into the picture.

进化心理学是四门将人性重新带入人们视野的科学之一。

It is one thing to show a man that he is in an error, and another to put him in possession of truth.

让一个人知道他犯了错误是一回事,让他掌握真理是另一回事。

The best cure for hypochondria is to forget about your body and get interested in someone else's.

治疗忧郁症的最好方法就是忘掉自己的身体,对别人的身体感兴趣。

It's a big error to think that because you like somebody's work, you're going to like him.

认为因为你喜欢某人的作品,你就会喜欢他,这是一个很大的错误。

If we increase spending, we have got to raise taxes or any combination.

如果我们增加开支,我们就必须提高税收或任何措施的结合。