It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.

It seems to me that man is made to act rather than to know: the principles of things escape our most persevering researches.

在我看来，人的本性是要行动的，而不是要知道的:事物的原理逃不过我们最孜孜不倦的研究。

-- Frederick the Great 腓特烈大帝