A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
哲学
Philosophy
Be wiser than other people if you can, but do not tell them so.
如果可以的话，要比别人聪明，但不要告诉他们。
Sometimes what's right isn't as important as what's profitable.
有时候，什么是对的并不重要，重要的是什么是有利可图的。
All that is made perfect by progress perishes also by progress.
凡因进步而完善的，也必因进步而消灭。
Poets are the sense, philosophers the intelligence of humanity.
诗人是理智，哲学家是人类的智慧。
Man in general, if reduced to himself, is too wicked to be free.
总的来说，一个人如果堕落到自暴自弃的地步，那他就太邪恶了，无法获得自由。
Laughter is the hand of God on the shoulder of a troubled world.
笑是上帝之手，放在这个多灾多难的世界的肩上。
Always dip your toe in the past before stepping into the future.
在踏入未来之前，一定要先沉浸于过去。
To study philosophy is nothing but to prepare one’s self to die.
学习哲学不过是为死亡做准备。
The man who alters his way of thinking to suit others is a fool.
改变思维方式以适应他人的人是傻瓜。
Perhaps home is not a place but simply an irrevocable condition.
也许家不是一个地方，而是一个不可改变的条件。
The principles of justice are chosen behind a veil of ignorance.
正义的原则是在无知的面纱后面选择的。
Love, I think, is a gateway to the world, not an escape from it.
我认为，爱是通往世界的大门，而不是逃避。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
The gift of fantasy has meant more to me than my talent for absorbing positive knowledge.
对我来说，幻想的天赋比我吸收积极知识的天赋更重要。
How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world.
多么奇妙啊，没有人需要等待片刻才开始改善世界。
It is hard enough to remember my opinions, without also remembering my reasons for them!
要记住我的观点，而不同时记住我提出这些观点的理由，已经够难的了!
But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who are laughed at are geniuses. They laughed at Columbus, they laughed at Fulton, they laughed at the Wright brothers. But they also laughed at Bozo the Clown.
但是，一些天才被嘲笑的事实并不意味着所有被嘲笑的人都是天才。他们嘲笑哥伦布，嘲笑富尔顿，嘲笑莱特兄弟。但他们也嘲笑小丑博佐。
The real secret of success is enthusiasm.
成功的真正秘诀是热情。
God gives us not only the truth but also the ability to believe it; not only the new thing to see but also the new eye to see it with.
神不仅给我们真理，也给我们相信真理的能力;不仅要看新事物，而且要用新的眼光去看。