If people destroy something replaceable made by mankind, they are called vandals; if they destroy something irreplaceable made by God, they are called developers.

  • -- Joseph Wood Krutch 美国作家克勒奇

如果人们破坏了人类创造的可替换的东西,他们被称为破坏者;如果他们破坏了上帝创造的不可替代的东西,他们就被称为开发者。

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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.

值得怀疑的是,人类是否最感激那些像培根和巴特勒那样从文学宝库中挖掘黄金的人,还是最感激那些像佩利那样净化它、盖章、确定它的真正价值并赋予它货币和效用的人。

If we bestow but a very little attention to the economy of the animal creation, we shall find manifest examples of premeditation, perseverance, resolution, and consumate artifice, in order to effect their purpose.

如果我们对动物创造的经济只给予很少的关注,我们就会发现明显的预谋、毅力、决心和完善技巧的例子,以便达到它们的目的。

Obviously, the anti-ERA people are tickled about my ordeal because it proves that the ERA breaks up families. When they point out that feminism is a dangerous thing, I just say marriage is pretty precarious too.

显然,反时代的人们对我的遭遇感到高兴,因为这证明了这个时代拆散了家庭。当他们指出女权主义是一件危险的事情时,我只是说婚姻也很不稳定。

Most critical writing is drivel and half of it is dishonest. It is a short cut to oblivion, anyway. Thinking in terms of ideas destroys the power to think in terms of emotions and sensations.

大多数批判性的写作都是胡言乱语,而且有一半是不诚实的。无论如何,这是一条通往遗忘的捷径。用思想来思考破坏了用情感和感觉来思考的能力。

To feel much for others and little for ourselves; to restrain our selfishness and exercise our benevolent affections, constitute the perfection of human nature.

多为别人着想,少为自己着想;克制我们的自私,发挥我们的仁爱之心,构成人性的完美。

It may be that other developers are finding that their games play better on one platform over the other, so they're choosing to migrate to that platform.

可能是其他开发者发现他们的游戏在一个平台上比在另一个平台上玩得更好,所以他们选择迁移到那个平台。

In the auto industry, there's one thing you can always count on: if a new environmental or safety rule is proposed, executives will prophesy disaster.

在汽车行业,有一件事你总是可以指望的:如果提出新的环境或安全规则,高管们将预言灾难。

People say I am ruthless. I am not ruthless. And if I find the man who is calling me ruthless, I shall destroy him.

人们说我冷酷无情。我并不冷酷无情。我若遇见那称我为残忍的,必要灭绝他。

Some people like going to the pub; I enjoy going to the gym.

有些人喜欢去酒吧;我喜欢去健身房。