Conflict is the gadfly of thought. It stirs us to observation and memory. It instigates to invention. It shocks us out of sheeplike passivity, and sets us at noting and contriving.
冲突是思想的牛蝇。它激发我们观察和记忆。它激励创新。它将我们从羊群般的被动性中惊醒,并让我们留心观察和设计。
The past is a place of reference, not a place of residence.
A proof tells us where to concentrate our doubts.
“名声”如同是蒸气,“声望”如同是意外,在地球上唯一可以确定的事情是被遗忘掉。
任何经济理论的最终检验标准是它是否能改善现实世界的决策。