Man is the only animal that laughs and weeps; for he is the only animal that is struck with the difference between what things are and what they might have been.

  • -- William Hazlitt 威廉·哈兹里特

人类是唯一会笑会哭的动物;因为他是唯一被事物的本来面目和现在的本来面目之间的差别所打动的动物。

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It is a common observation that those who dwell continually upon their expectations are apt to become oblivious to the requirements of their actual situation.

这是一个普遍的观察,那些不断地停留在他们的期望,往往会忘记他们的实际情况的要求。

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence.

当一个人在他的写作中对这一点或那一点有疑问时,如果他问自己一百年后它将如何告诉他,它常常会指引他。

Never deny a diagnosis, but do deny the negative verdict that may go with it.

永远不要否认诊断结果,但一定要否认可能伴随诊断结果而来的负面判断。

To educate a man in mind and not in morals is to educate a menace to society.

教育一个人的思想而不是道德是对社会的一种威胁。