A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
知识
Knowledge
知识从好奇开始,在阅读、思考和实践中积累。这里的语句围绕求知与理解展开,适合结合英文关键词和中文译文一起阅读。
All of science is largely formalized common sense.
所有的科学在很大程度上都是形式化的常识。
Every man is a volume if you know how to read him.
每个人都是一卷书,如果你知道怎么读他。
For every fact there is an infinity of hypotheses.
每一个事实都有无穷无尽的假设。
Everybody is ignorant, only on different subjects.
每个人都是无知的,只是在不同的问题上。
One should use common words to say uncommon things
一个人应该用常用词来表达不寻常的事情
That knowledge which is popular is not scientific.
流行的知识是不科学的。
Choosing a new book was like looking for treasure.
选择一本新书就像寻找宝藏。
I don't keep my secrets or my knowledge to myself.
我不会把自己的秘密或知识保密。
You can't know too much, but you can say too much.
你知道的不能太多,但你可以说的太多。
Writers let themselves be enticed by the language.
作家让自己被语言所吸引。
Mystery made thing gigantic. Knowledge made small.
神秘使事物变得巨大。让小知识。
You cannot open a book without learning something.
开卷有益。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs can never be wholly true, since they cannot include every conceivable circumstance of what happened. The novel can do that.
人们认为因为小说是虚构的,所以它不是真的。恰恰相反。传记和回忆录永远不可能是完全真实的,因为它们不可能包含所发生事情的每一个可以想象的情况。小说可以做到这一点。
To know, is to know that you know nothing. That is the meaning of true knowledge.
知道,就是知道自己一无所知。这就是真知识的意义。
It is the province of knowledge to speak, and it is the privilege of wisdom to listen.
说话是知识的范围,倾听是智慧的特权。
As a child, what captivated me was reading the poems myself and realizing that there was a world without material substance which was nevertheless as alive as any other.
当我还是个孩子的时候,吸引我的是我自己阅读诗歌,并意识到有一个没有物质实体的世界,尽管如此,它和其他世界一样充满活力。
Never, never rest contented with any circle of ideas, but always be certain that a wider one is still possible.
永远、永远不要满足于任何一个思想的圈子,但要始终确信,更广泛的思想仍然是可能的。
To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.
自学就是强迫自己学两次。