The most considerable difference I note among men is not in their readiness to fall into error, but in their readiness to acknowledge these inevitable lapses.

  • -- Thomas Henry Huxley 赫胥黎

我注意到人类之间最大的不同不在于他们愿意犯错误,而在于他们愿意承认这些不可避免的错误。

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I acknowledge Shakespeare to be the world's greatest dramatic poet, but regret that no parent could place the uncorrected book in the hands of his daughter, and therefore I have prepared the Family Shakespeare.

我承认莎士比亚是世界上最伟大的戏剧诗人,但遗憾的是没有父母能把这本未经修改的书交到女儿手中,因此我准备了莎士比亚家族的作品。

There's a difference between being a poseur and being someone who's so emotionally challenged they're kind of just doing their best to show you what they've got.

装腔作势和在情感上受到挑战是有区别的,他们只是尽自己最大的努力向你展示他们所拥有的。

Only an artiste, can acknowledge the strangeness of a genius during his life time. The rest of the world gets it after his death.

只有艺术家,才能在他的一生中认识到天才的奇异之处。在他死后,世界上其他地方的人都得到了它。

Health is the greatest gift, contentment the greatest wealth, faithfulness the best relationship.

健康是最大的礼物,满足是最大的财富,忠诚是最好的关系。

I never saw music in terms of men and women or black and white. There was just cool and uncool.

我从未见过以男人和女人或黑人和白人的角度来看待音乐。只有冷和不冷。

The most pitiful among men is he who turns his dreams into silver and gold.

人最可怜的是把自己的梦想变成金银财宝的人。

Our circumstances answer to our expectations and the demand of our natures.

我们所处的环境符合我们的期望和天性的要求。

The dead might as well try to speak to the living as the old to the young.

老年人对年轻人说话,死人也要对活人说话。

We often take for granted the very things that most deserve our gratitude.

我们常常把最值得感恩的事情视为理所当然。

The difference between a friend and an enemy is friendliness.

朋友和敌人的区别在于友好。