All human societies go through fads in which they temporarily either adopt practices of little use or else abandon practices of considerable use.

  • -- Jared Diamond 戴蒙德

所有人类社会都经历过这样一种潮流,在这种潮流中,它们要么暂时采用很少使用的做法,要么放弃大量使用的做法。

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The essence of the Liberal outlook lies not in what opinions are held, but in how they are held: instead of being held dogmatically, they are held tentatively, and with a consciousness that new evidence may at any moment lead to their abandonment.

自由主义观点的本质不在于人们持有什么样的观点,而在于人们如何持有这些观点:人们不是武断地持有这些观点,而是试探性地持有这些观点,并意识到新的证据随时可能导致人们抛弃这些观点。

You either forgive a lover for abandoning you or you forgive God for taking them - either way you have to forgive.

你要么原谅一个抛弃你的爱人,要么原谅上帝带走了他们——无论哪种方式,你都必须原谅。