我译伯特兰·罗素（Bertrand Russell）：

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Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric.
别害怕古怪的观点，因为现在被接纳的每个观点都曾是古怪的。

There are two motives for reading a book: one, that you enjoy it; the other, that you can boast about it.
读书有两种动机：一种是享受；另一种是为了吹牛。

Patriots always talk of dying for their country and never of killing for their country.
爱国者常谈论为国而死，从不谈论为国杀戮。

Every living thing is a sort of imperialist, seeking to transform as much as possible of its environment into itself.
每一种生物都类似帝国主义，力图尽可能多的把外界变成自己的。

Man is a credulous animal, and must believe something; in the absence of good grounds for belief, he will be satisfied with bad ones.
人是轻信的动物，非得相信什么；在没有确凿根据的情况下，他会相信那些不正确的而感到满足。

There is much pleasure to be gained from useless knowledge.
大量的快乐来自无用的知识。

Many people would rather die than think; in fact, most do.
很多人宁可死也不愿思考；事实上大部分人如此。

The only thing that will redeem mankind is cooperation.
唯一能拯救人类的是合作。

Freedom of opinion can only exist when the government thinks itself secure.
意见自由只存在于政府认为它自身安全时。

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Change is scientific, progress is ethical; change is indubitable, whereas progress is a matter of controversy.
改变属于科学，进步属于道德；改变毫无疑问，而进步总是争议的重点。

I think we ought always to entertain our opinions with some measure of doubt. I shouldn't wish people dogmatically to believe any philosophy, not even mine.
我想我们应该总是对我们的观点抱有某种程度的怀疑。我不希望人们武断地相信任何哲理，即使是我的。

Patriotism is the willingness to kill and be killed for trivial reasons.
爱国主义是为了琐事去杀戮和被杀戮的愿望。

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伯特兰·罗素（Bertrand Russell，1872—1970）是二十世纪英国哲学家、数理逻辑学家、历史学家，无神论或者不可知论者，也是上世纪西方最著名、影响最大的学者和和平主义社会活动家之一，罗素也被认为是与弗雷格、维特根斯坦和怀特海一同创建了分析哲学。他与怀特海合著的《数学原理》对逻辑学、数学、集合论、语言学和分析哲学有着巨大影响。1950年，罗素获得诺贝尔文学奖，以表彰其“多样且重要的作品，持续不断的追求人道主义理想和思想自由”。他的代表作品有《幸福之路》、《西方哲学史》、《数学原理》、《物的分析》等。

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