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Fiction writing, and the reading of it, and book buying, have always been the activities of a tiny minority of people, even in the most-literate societies.

  • -- Paul Theroux 保罗·泰鲁

小说写作、阅读和购书，一直都是一小部分人的活动，即使是在受教育程度最高的社会中也是如此。

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Of course as children, we all, in all cultures and societies, learn behavior from observation, imitation, and encouragement of various kinds. So by the suggestion made, we all 'pretend' most of the time.

当然，作为孩子，我们所有人，在所有的文化和社会中，通过观察、模仿和各种各样的鼓励来学习行为。所以根据这个建议，我们大多数时候都在“假装”。

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As far as I know, only a small minority of mathematicians, even of those with Platonist views, accept the idea that there may be mathematical facts which are true but unknowable.

据我所知，只有一小部分数学家，甚至包括那些柏拉图主义者，接受这样的观点，即可能存在真实但不可知的数学事实。

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It does not require a majority to prevail, but rather an irate, tireless minority keen to set brush fires in people's minds.

它不需要多数人的支持就能获胜，而需要的是愤怒的、不知疲倦的少数人的支持，他们热衷于在人们的头脑中燃起熊熊烈火。

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People don't know the past, even though we live in literate societies, because they don't trust the sources of the past.

人们不知道过去，即使我们生活在有文化的社会里，因为他们不相信过去的来源。

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