自然界中每年的痛苦总量超出了所有体面的思考。在我写这句话的一分钟内,成千上万的动物被活生生地吃掉,许多其他动物在逃命,因恐惧而呜咽,其他动物则被寄生虫从内部慢慢吞噬,成千上万的动物因饥饿、口渴和疾病而死亡。
The total amount of suffering per year in the natural world is beyond all decent contemplation. During the minute that it takes me to compose this sentence, thousands of animals are being eaten alive, many others are running for their lives, whimpering with fear, others are slowly being devoured from within by rasping parasites, thousands of all kinds are dying of starvation, thirst, and disease.
统计学家不能推卸理清科学推断原理的责任,同样,任何其他思考者也不能避免类似的义务。
The stock market is the story of cycles and of the human behavior that is responsible for overreactions in both directions.
世界可能是残酷的,但它也是美丽的。
这个世界不是因为你能做什么,而是你该做什么。
The best fertilizer is the farmer's shadow.
争论日益激烈:是PL/IBachtrian还是Dromedary?