In effect, what is a courtier? He is a man whom the misfortune of kings and people has placed betwixt the sovereign and truth to conceal it from his eyes.

  • -- Jean le Rond d'Alembert 让·勒朗·达朗贝尔

实际上,什么是朝臣?他是这样一个人:国王和人民的不幸把他置于君主和真理之间,使他看不见真理。

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Whoever places his trust into a system will soon be without a home. While you are building your third story, the two lower ones have already been dismantled.

无论谁把自己的信任托付给一个体系,他很快就会无家可归。当你正在建造你的第三层楼时,下面的两层已经拆除了。

Primitive life is very common and intelligent life is fairly rare. Some would say it has yet to occur on Earth.

原始生命非常普遍,而智慧生命则相当罕见。有些人会说,它还没有发生在地球上。

Initial reports are encouraging. In the end of the day, it's going to be deeds, not words, that matter.

初步报告令人鼓舞。说到底,重要的是行动,而不是语言。

The system of volunteerism is divisive. It pits one charity against the others for the charity dollar.

志愿服务体系是分裂的。它让一个慈善机构与其他慈善机构争夺慈善资金。

Every great advance in science has issued from a new audacity of the imagination.

科学上的每一个重大进步都来自于一种新的大胆的想象。

In this day and age, you need a lot of patience if you are in the movie business.

在这个时代,如果你从事电影行业,你需要很大的耐心。