The history of mankind is confined within a limited period, and from every quarter brings an intimation that human affairs have had a beginning.

  • -- Adam Ferguson 亚当·弗格森

人类的历史局限在一个有限的时期内,每一个角落都有一个迹象表明人类事务已经开始了。

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Biologically the species is the accumulation of the experiments of all its successful individuals since the beginning.

从生物学上讲,物种是从一开始就积累了所有成功个体的实验结果。

The human element, the human flaw and the human nobility - those are the reasons that chess matches are won or lost.

人性的因素,人性的缺陷,人性的高贵——这些都是象棋比赛输赢的原因。

Human life is full of the play of samskaras - tendencies developed by repeated actions.

人的一生充满了由反复的行为所发展出来的“三心”倾向的游戏。

Possibly, I should have been a jazz singer from the beginning.

也许,我一开始就应该成为一名爵士歌手。