The theory seems to be that as long as a man is a failure he is one of God's children, but that as soon as he succeeds he is taken over by the Devil.

  • -- H. L. Mencken 门肯

这个理论似乎是说,只要一个人失败了,他就是上帝的孩子之一,但是一旦他成功了,他就被魔鬼接管了。

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I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

我不一定会赢,但我一定是真实的。我不一定会成功,但我一定要活在我所拥有的光明中。我必须与任何正确的人站在一起,在他正确的时候与他站在一起,在他犯错的时候与他分开。

I think I've always had a certain amount of skepticism of this whole 'shut up and smile' theory. I haven't ever swallowed that pill so easily, although I tried.

我想我一直对“闭嘴微笑”理论持怀疑态度。虽然我试过,但我从来没有那么容易吞下那颗药丸。

Theory not only formulates what we know but also tells us what we want to know, that is, the questions to which an answer is needed.

理论不仅规定了我们所知道的东西,而且告诉我们我们想知道什么,也就是需要答案的问题。

It's only very recently that women have succeeded in entering those professions which, as Muses, they typified for the Greeks.

直到最近,女性才成功地进入了这些职业,作为缪斯女神,她们是希腊人的典型。