A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
真理
Truth
Better suffer for the truth than prosper in a falsehood.
宁可为真理受苦,不愿在虚谎中昌盛。
A little inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation.
一点点不准确有时可以节省大量的解释。
Never tell the truth to people who are not worthy of it.
永远不要对不值得说真话的人说真话。
For outward show is a wonderful perverter of the reason.
因为外在的表现是一个奇妙的变态的理由。
Truth is what your contemporaries let you get away with.
真相是你同时代的人让你侥幸逃脱的。
When you perceive a truth, look for the balancing truth.
当你感知真相时,寻找平衡的真相。
Perception is the lie that we convince ourselves exists.
感知是我们说服自己存在的谎言。
The public does not always know how to desire the truth.
公众并不总是知道如何渴望真相。
We do not see things as they are, we see them as we are.
我们不是看到事物的本来面目,而是看到事物的本来面目。
All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.
所有照片都是准确的。这些都不是事实。
First learn the meaning of what you say, and then speak.
先学习你所说的意思,然后再开口。
The truth doesn't mind being told every once in a while.
真相不介意偶尔被告知。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Words do not express thoughts very well. They always become a little different immediately after they are expressed, a little distorted, a little foolish.
语言不能很好地表达思想。它们总是在表达出来之后立刻变得有些不同,有些扭曲,有些愚蠢。
You can't change reality -- only its perception.
你无法改变现实——只能改变它的感知。
A theory has only the alternative of being right or wrong. A model has a third possibility: it may be right, but irrelevant.
理论只有对错之分。模型还有第三种可能性:它可能是正确的,但无关紧要。
If people don't want you to question something, that probably means you should question it.
如果人们不想让你质疑某件事,那可能意味着你应该质疑它。
It is not enough to be busy. So are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?
光忙是不够的。蚂蚁也是。问题是:我们在忙什么?