The human tendency to regard little things as important has produced very many great things.
人类倾向于将小事看得很重要,结果便造就了许多了不起的事。 W hen one has been threatened with a great injustice, one accepts a smaller as a favour.
若一个人曾受到巨大的不公正的威胁,他就会把较小的不公正当成恩惠来接受。 W hen life knocks you to your knees, and it will, why, getup！ If it knocks you to your knees again, as it will, well, isn＇t that the best position from which to pray.
当生活迫使你跪下时———它会这么做的———那就站起来！如果它再一次让你跪下———它同样会这么做的———那么,这难道不是一个很好的祈祷的姿势吗？The greater the power, the more dangerous the abuse.
权力越大,滥用权力的危险也越大。Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbor.
文明是一种运动而不是状态,它是一次航行而不是一个港口。 I mitation is the sincerest form of flattery.
模仿是最真挚的奉承。The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.
当我们是少数派时,这正是考验我们勇气的时候；而当我们是多数派时则要考验我们的容忍力。 E nough is abundance to the wise.
对聪明人来说,刚够已是丰足了。 A n honest man＇s word is as good as his bond.
诚实人说的话等于契约。 J ustifying a fault doublesit.护短是加倍的错误。The universe is the one, infinite, immobile… It is not capable of comprehension and therefore is endless and limitless, and to that extent infinite and indeterminable, and consequently immobile.
宇宙是惟一的、无边无际的、稳定的……它不能被理解,因而无边无际、无始无终；在那种程度上,它是无限而不可决定的,从而是稳定的。
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