历史学家的任务是让死者重生。

The human being cannot live in a condition of emptiness for very long: if he is not growing toward something, he does not merely stagnate; the pent-up potentialities turn into morbidity and despair, and eventually into destructive activities.

数学家是把咖啡转化为定理的装置。

Nothing that you remember has survived. Better to forget.