The wise man thinks about his troubles only when there is some purpose in doing so; at other times he thinks about others things.
— Bertrand Russell  ·  No category

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purpose ['pɝpəs] 词频1 词根: pos
n. 意志;目的;作用;（进行中的）行动; vt. 有意;打算;企图（做）;决意（做）;
💡 pur始终+pose放→始终放的东西→目的，意图
"We spoke to little purpose — his mind was clearly made up already."
我们说的话几乎不起作用,他显然已下定决心了.
近义：intend, consider, appoint, ascribe, denote, designate
wise [waɪz] 词频1
adj. 聪明的，有智慧的;博学的，博识的;明白的;像智者的; vt. 使知道，使懂得;教导;指点; vi. 了解，知道;
"a wise and virtuous man"
博学多识的君子
近义：informed, judicious, knowing, knowledgeable, learned, lettered 反义：silly, stupid, tomfool, unaware, uneducated, unenlightened
others [['ʌðəz]]
pron. 其他人
times [taimz]
n. 时代;有时;总是;落后于时代;时间( time的名词复数 );时机;时代;所需时间; prep. 乘，乘以;
"I called several times, but only got the answering machine."
我打了几次电话，但只有电话答录机答话。
近义：epochs
doing
n. 行为, 活动
近义：work, handiwork
things
n. 所有物, 财产, 用具, 用品, 局面, 形势, 情况\\n[法] 物
近义：oddments, stuff, doings, articles, etceteras

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"There is no nonsense so arrant that it cannot be made the creed of the vast majority by adequate governmental action."
"'Change' is scientific, 'progress' is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy."
"The main things which seem to me important on their own account, and not merely as means to other things, are knowledge, art, instinctive happiness, and relations of friendship or affection."
"Religion is something left over from the infancy of our intelligence, it will fade away as we adopt reason and science as our guidelines."
"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong."
"All movements go too far."
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— Unknown
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"I was gratified to be able to answer promptly. I said I don't know."
— Mark Twain
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