The deepest human defeat suffered by human beings is constituted by the difference between what one was capable of becoming and what one has in fact become.

  • -- Ashley Montagu 蒙塔古

人类所遭受的最深刻的失败是由一个人能够成为什么和他实际上已经成为什么之间的差异造成的。

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It would be easier to say, what was the difference in style from many years ago. Many years ago, the old violinists, they also had a good technique, they were not tonally as good.

更容易说的是,现在的风格和许多年前有什么不同。很多年前,老的小提琴手,他们也有很好的技巧,他们在音调上没有那么好。

But there's a difference between having artistic interests and being psychotic. That's more than a fine line of differentiation, and I do see that a bit too much.

但是有艺术兴趣和有精神病是有区别的。这不仅仅是一个细微的差别,我确实看得太多了。

The technologies which have had the most profound effects on human life are usually simple.

对人类生活产生最深远影响的技术通常很简单。

A friend who is near and dear may in time become as useless as a relative.

至亲至爱的朋友迟早会像亲戚一样无用。

Many composers today don't know what the human throat is.

今天许多作曲家不知道人的喉咙是什么。

As soon as things become predictable, they become boring.

一旦事情变得可预测,它们就会变得无聊。