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原因
Reason
I think one reason we admire cats, those of us who do, is their proficiency in one-upmanship. They always seem to come out on top, no matter what they are doing - or pretend they do. Rarely do you see a cat discomfited. They have no conscience, and they never regret. Maybe we secretly envy them.
我认为我们崇拜猫的一个原因是，我们这些喜欢猫的人，他们擅长胜过别人。无论他们在做什么，或者假装他们在做什么，他们似乎总能获得成功。你很少看到一只猫狼狈不堪。他们没有良心，从不后悔。也许我们暗地里嫉妒他们。
Man has been endowed with reason, with the power to create, so that he can add to what he's been given. But up to now he hasn't been a creator, only a destroyer. Forests keep disappearing, rivers dry up, wild life's become extinct, the climate's ruined and the land grows poorer and uglier every day.
人被赋予了理性，拥有创造的能力，这样他就可以为他被赋予的东西做出贡献。但到目前为止，他还不是一个创造者，只是一个破坏者。森林不断消失，河流干涸，野生动物灭绝，气候被破坏，土地日益贫瘠和丑陋。
If you create something that is asking for people to respond as they're going to respond, you have to allow them to respond as they're going to respond. Some of the people are going to be uninterested and some people are going to be mad for some reason, which is their business. That's just the way the world is.
如果你创造了一些东西，要求人们按照他们的意愿去回应，你必须允许他们按照他们的意愿去回应。有些人会不感兴趣，有些人会因为某些原因而生气，这是他们的事。世界就是这样。
Men give me credit for some genius. All the genius I have lies in this; when I have a subject in hand, I study it profoundly. Day and night it is before me. My mind becomes pervaded with it. Then the effort that I have made is what people are pleased to call the fruit of genius. It is the fruit of labor and thought.
人们认为我是天才。我所有的天才都在于此;当我手头有一门学科时，我就深入地研究它。它日日夜夜都在我面前。我的脑子里充满了它。那么我所做的努力就是人们乐于称之为天才的成果。它是劳动和思想的果实。
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The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.
聪明人受理智的指导，平庸的人受经验的指导，愚蠢的人受需要的指导，野蛮的人受本能的指导。
There is a good reason why natural water never runs at night.
有一个很好的理由说明为什么天然的水从不在夜间流动。
Time makes more converts than reason.
时间比理性更能改变人。
All myths that are something more than fancies gain rather than lose in value with time, by reason of the accretions of human experience.
所有神话都不仅仅是幻想，而是随着时间的推移，由于人类经验的积累而获得而不是失去价值。
Never again! I can see no reason for marriage - ever at all. I've had it. Three times is enough.
再也不会!我看不出有什么结婚的理由——从来没有。我受够了。三次就够了。
Reason is not automatic. Those who deny it cannot be conquered by it. Do not count on them. Leave them alone.
理性不是自动的。否认它的人是无法被它征服的。别指望他们。让他们孤独。