The naturalists of our own time hold equal faith in the wonders of the sea, but seek therein rather for the links of nature's chain than for apparent exceptions.

  • -- Edward Forbes 爱德华·福布斯

我们这个时代的博物学家对海洋的奇迹也抱有同样的信念,但他们在海洋中寻找的不是明显的例外,而是大自然的链条。

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Each time that one loves is the only time one has ever loved. Difference of object does not alter singleness of passion. It merely intensifies it. We can have but one great experience at best, and the secret of life is to reproduce that experience as often as possible.

每一次恋爱都是唯一一次恋爱。目标的不同并不会改变激情的单一性。它只会使它更加强烈。我们最多只能有一次伟大的经历,而生命的秘密就是尽可能多地再现这种经历。

The former conviction that these two kingdoms were wholly different in structure, in function, and in kind of life, was not seriously disturbed by the difficulties which the naturalist encountered when he undertook to define them.

从前人们认为这两个王国在结构上、功能上和生活方式上是完全不同的,但博物学家在对它们进行定义时所遇到的困难并没有使他们的这种看法受到严重的影响。

To believe that what has not occurred in history will not occur at all, is to argue disbelief in the dignity of man.

相信历史上没有发生的事情根本不会发生,就是在争辩对人类尊严的怀疑。

We can no more do without spirituality than we can do without food, shelter, or clothing.

我们不能没有灵性,正如我们不能没有食物、住所或衣服一样。

Any time I see anything moving onstage, I'm cautious about it.

每当我看到舞台上有什么东西在动,我都很小心。