The industrial age had only just begun; the planet had reached its Best Before date. 工业时代才刚刚开始;在此之前，地球已经达到了它的最佳状态。 -- Jasper Fforde 贾斯泼·福德
It is not everyday that the world arranges itself into a poem. 世界并非每天都把自己安排成一首诗。 -- Wallace Stevens 华莱士·史蒂文斯
No melon-peddler cries: Bitter melons! No wine-dealer says: Sour wine! 没有卖瓜的叫卖:苦瓜!没有酒商说:酸葡萄酒!
To philosophical materialists God is no more than an idea in the human mind, and not a very important idea. 对于哲学唯物主义者来说，上帝不过是人类思想中的一个概念，并不是一个非常重要的概念。 -- Phillip E. Johnson 菲力普·詹森
A handful of trade, a handful of gold. 少量的交易，少量的黄金。
He is a fool who praises the fruit of a tree and forgets its roots. 愚妄人赞美树的果子，却忘记树的根。
You cannot wish for happiness but you can work towards your life goals and create lasting happiness. 你不能祈求幸福，但你可以朝着你的人生目标努力，创造持久的幸福。 -- Roopleen 鲁普莱恩
Leadership must be established from the top down. 领导必须自上而下地建立起来。 -- Sam Rayburn 雷伯恩
Success is achieved by developing your strengths, not by eliminating our weakness. 成功是通过发挥你们的长处而不是消除我们的弱点来实现的。 -- Marilyn vos Savant 玛丽莲·沃斯·莎凡特
One enemy is too much for a man, and a hundred friends too few. 一个仇人嫌多，一百朋友嫌少。