The gift of language is the single human trait that marks us all genetically, setting us apart from the rest of life.
语言天赋是唯一一个从基因上标记我们所有人的特征，使我们与其他生命形式区分开来。
人类心智的结构更适合更新世而非现代世界。
I’ve had people look down on me and put me down because I didn’t look like them—but that didn’t stop me.
翻译：犯错不可怕，勇敢改正、迅速向善才可贵，及时止损比固执己见更能减少损失。
译文：事情在得意时，要防止乐极生悲，说话高兴时，要防止言中有失。赏析：物极必反，当事物到达极点时就会朝着相反的方向发展。人生得意时，要低调做人，说话忘乎所以，就会招惹是非。
Intelligence is not the ability to store information, but to know how to use it.
One has to pay dearly for immortality；one has to die several times while still alive.
