Eternal truths will be neither true nor eternal unless they have fresh meaning for every new social situation .
永恒的真理假如不在新的社会形势下赋予新的意义,要么就不是真理,要么就不是永恒的。


Histories make men wise ; poems witty1; the mathematics subtle; natural philosophy deep ; moral grave ; logic2 and rhetoric3 able to contend .
历史使人明智;诗词使人灵秀;数学使人周密;自然哲学使人深刻;伦理使人庄重;逻辑修辞学使人善辨。


If you don't learn to think when you are young , you may never learn .
假如你年轻时就没掌握考虑,那样就永远学不会考虑。


Natural abilities are like natural plants that need pruning4 by study.
天生的才干好似天生的植物一样,需要靠学习来修剪。