We say nothing essential about the cathedral when we speak of its stones. We say nothing essential about Man when we seek to define him by the qualities of men.

  • -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 圣埃斯库里

当我们谈到大教堂的石头时,我们并没有提到它的本质。当我们试图用人的品质来定义一个人的时候,我们并没有说他的本质。

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In the long history of humankind (and animal kind, too) those who learned to collaborate and improvise most effectively have prevailed.

在人类(以及动物)的漫长历史中,那些学会了最有效地合作和即兴发挥的人占了上风。

The human race is a zone of living things that should be defined by tracing its confines.

人类是一个由生物组成的区域,应该通过追踪其边界来界定。