The passion between the sexes has appeared in every age to be so nearly the same, that it may always be considered, in algebraic language as a given quantity.

  • -- Thomas Robert Malthus 马尔萨斯

男女之间的激情在各个时代都表现得几乎是一样的,因此在代数语言中,它总是被认为是一个给定的量。

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Knowledge comes, but wisdom lingers. It may not be difficult to store up in the mind a vast quantity of face within a comparatively short time, but the ability to form judgments requires the severe discipline of hard work and the tempering heat of experience and maturity.

知识来了,智慧却迟迟不前。在相对较短的时间内在头脑中储存大量的面孔可能并不困难,但是形成判断的能力需要严格的刻苦训练和经验与成熟的磨练。

But in truth, should I meet with gold or spices in great quantity, I shall remain till I collect as much as possible, and for this purpose I am proceeding solely in quest of them.

但事实上,如果我遇到大量的黄金或香料,我就会留下来,直到我收集到尽可能多的,而为了这个目的,我只是在寻找它们。

One of the marks of a truly vigorous society is the ability to dispense with passion as a midwife of action - the ability to pass directly from thought to action.

一个真正充满活力的社会的标志之一是,作为一个行动的助产士,能够摒弃激情——能够直接从思想转移到行动。

We could hardly wait to get up in the morning.

我们迫不及待地想在早上起床。