The most perfect ape cannot draw an ape; only man can do that; but, likewise, only man regards the ability to do this as a sign of superiority.

  • -- Georg Christoph Lichtenberg 利希滕贝格

最完美的猿猴也不会画猿猴;只有人类才能做到这一点;但是,同样地,只有男人认为有能力这样做是优越的表现。

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There might've been wires, but I have this ability to make myself light. Well you know what, in ballet, when you kind of lift yourself here, it's all up in the head.

可能有电线,但我有让自己变轻的能力。你知道吗,在芭蕾里,当你把自己抬起来的时候,都是在脑袋里。

When I look at a lot of older stuff that I've written, I think one sign of amateur humor writing is when you see people trying too hard.

当我看我写的很多老东西时,我认为业余幽默写作的一个标志就是当你看到人们太努力了。

If you do a person a favor, you'll be his superior; if he does one for you, his inferior; and if neither, you'll be his friend.

如果你帮了一个人的忙,你就是他的上司;如果他为你做了一件事,那是他的下等人;如果两者都不是,你就会成为他的朋友。

And of His signs is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the variety of your tongues and hues.

创天地和你们各样的舌头、各样的颜色、都是凭他的神迹造成的。

Permanent superiority has never been realized by any nation in history. After the rise comes the fall.

历史上任何国家都没有实现过永久的优势。升后必有降。

Our ability to measure and apportion time affords an almost endless source of comfort.

我们衡量和分配时间的能力提供了几乎无穷无尽的安慰。