当人们最确信自己并充满傲慢时,通常最容易犯错误,情感主导了他们的判断,没有经过恰当的审慎,而只有审慎才能使他们远离最荒谬的错误。
When men are most sure and arrogant they are commonly most mistaken, giving views to passion without that proper deliberation which alone can secure them from the grossest absurdities.
"A good detective listens to the silence as much as the noise."
译文:亲近贤臣,疏远小人,这是西汉兴盛的原因;亲近小人,疏远贤臣,这是东汉衰败的原因。
To be is to be perceived.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
最有力的艺术往往源于最简单的想法。
The true writer is one who writes because he has something to say, not because he wants to say something.