The mind is exercised by the variety and multiplicity of the subject matter, while the character is moulded by the contemplation of virtue and vice.

  • -- Quintilian 昆提利亚语

思想是由题材的多样性和多样性来锻炼的,而性格是由对美德和邪恶的沉思来塑造的。

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Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

每一种恶行都曾是一种美德,并可能再次受到尊敬,就像战争时期的仇恨会受到尊敬一样。

But active programming consists of the design of new programs, rather than contemplation of old programs.

但是主动编程包括新程序的设计,而不是对旧程序的思考。

If there were a little more silence, if we all kept quiet... maybe we could understand something.

如果再安静一点,如果我们都保持安静……也许我们能理解。

Profaneness is a brutal vice. He who indulges in it is no gentleman.

亵渎是一种残忍的恶习。沉溺其中的人不是君子。

The multiplicity of ideas is what I'm interested in.

我感兴趣的是思想的多样性。