"What is drama but life with the dull bits cut out."- Alfred Hitchcock “戏剧是切去了无聊部分的生活。”――阿尔弗雷德・希区柯克

Measure what is measurable, and make measurable what is not so. -- Galileo 测量一切可测之物，并把不可测的变为可测。-- 伽利略

-- 伽利略 《文明5》

Do not wait to strike till the iron is hot;but make it hot by striking. -- William Butler Yeats 不要等到铁变热再去击打，而是通过打击来使其变热。 -- 威廉・巴特勒・叶芝

-- 威廉・巴特勒・叶芝 《文明5》

Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it. - George Santayana “不能铭记历史的人注定要重蹈覆辙。”

-- 乔治・桑塔亚那 《文明5》

The unleashed power of the atom has changed everything save our modes of thinking, and we thus drift toward unparalleled catastrophes. - Albert Einsten “被释放的原子能已经改变了一切，除了我们的思维模式，因此我们正在滑向空前的灾难。”

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I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. - J. Robert Oppenheimer “我成了死神，世界的毁灭者。”

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It is well that war is so terrible, or we should grow too fond of it. - Robert E. Lee “幸好战争是如此恐怖，否则我们会打到乐此不疲。”

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If the brain were so simple we could understand it, we would be so simple we couldn't. - Lyall Watson “如果大脑简单到能让我们理解，我们的思维就会简单到不能理解大脑。”

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Their rising all at once was as the sound of thunder heard remote. - Milton “他们立刻一同起立，发出的声响犹如一阵远雷。”

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教育是老年生活最好的保障。

-- 亚里士多德 《文明5》