Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

当羞耻心还在的时候,美德还没有完全在心中熄灭;温和也不会从暴君的头脑中完全消失。

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We must admit with humility that, while number is purely a product of our minds, space has a reality outside our minds, so that we cannot completely prescribe its properties a priori.

我们必须谦虚地承认,虽然数字纯粹是我们思想的产物,但空间在我们的思想之外有一个实在,因此我们不能完全预先规定它的性质。

With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

有理智的人,我要讲道理;我要向仁慈的人恳求;但对于暴君,我不会宽容,也不会在他们一定会失败的地方浪费争论。

The true aim of everyone who aspires to be a teacher should be, not to impart his own opinions, but to kindle minds.

每个立志成为教师的人,真正的目标不应该是传授自己的观点,而应该是点燃思想。

No amount of experimentation can ever prove me right; a single experiment can prove me wrong.

再多的实验也无法证明我是对的;一个实验就能证明我错了。

Little minds are interested in the extraordinary; great minds in the commonplace.

小人物对非凡事物感兴趣;平凡中有伟大的人物。