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He died that day because his body had served its purpose. His soul had done what it came to do, learned what it came to learn, and then was free to leave.

  • -- Garth Stein 贾斯·史坦

那天他死了，因为他的身体发挥了作用。他的灵魂完成了它的使命，学会了它的使命，然后就可以自由地离开了。

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The developing science departs at the same time more and more from its original scope and purpose and threatens to sacrifice its earlier unity and split into diverse branches.

科学的发展同时也越来越偏离其原来的范围和目的，有可能牺牲其早期的统一性，分裂成不同的分支。

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The philosophers write about things as they are and as they appear to be, but as an artist I find that appearance is everything.

哲学家写的是事物的本来面目和表象，但作为一个艺术家，我发现表象就是一切。

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A false-statement requires deceit and distortion for someone to buy it, but a truthful-statement sells itself.

虚假陈述需要欺骗和歪曲才能被人买到，而真实陈述却能出卖自己。

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Competence is a narrow ideal. Competence makes the trains run on time but doesn’t know where they’re going.

能力是一种狭隘的理想。能力使火车准时运行，却不知道开往哪里。

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