Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

  • -- Adam Ferguson 亚当·弗格森

群众的每一步每一个动作,即使在所谓开明的时代,对未来也同样是盲目的;国家偶然发现了制度,这确实是人类行为的结果,但不是人类设计的结果。

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The difference between email being identified as an art or a science is truly an individual decision based on the impact that the elements of the design mean when they are processed by the viewer.

电子邮件被认定为艺术或科学之间的区别实际上是一个个人的决定,其依据是设计元素在被浏览者处理时所产生的影响。

The critical method which denies literary modernity would appear - and even, in certain respects, would be - the most modern of critical movements.

否定文学现代性的批评方法将出现,甚至在某些方面,将成为最现代的批评运动。

Singing connected with movements and action is a much more ancient, and, at the same time, more complex phenomenon than is a simple song.

与动作和动作相联系的歌唱是一种更为古老,同时也比简单的歌曲更为复杂的现象。

People always think that designers hate each other. And we're certainly a competitive lot, but we also enjoy each other's company.

人们总是认为设计师讨厌彼此。我们当然很有竞争力,但我们也喜欢彼此的陪伴。

I don't think you're human if you don't get nervous.

如果你不紧张,我不认为你是人类。

No human creature can give orders to love.

没有人能给爱情下命令。