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1. 不要对任何事情抱绝对肯定的态度； Do not feel absolutely certain of anything. 2. 不要通过隐瞒证据来获得信任，因为证据必定会被暴光的； Do not think it worthwhile to produce belief by concealing evidence, for the evidence is sure to come to light. 3. 不要害怕思考，因为思考总能让人受益； Never try to discourage thinking, for you are sure to succeed. 4. 当你遇到反对意见时，即使它来自你的家人，也应该用争论去尽力说服，而不是用权威去强迫，因为靠权威取得的胜利是虚假的自欺欺人； When you meet with opposition, even if it is from your family, endeavour to overcome it with argument and not by authority, for a victory dependent upon authority is unreal and illusory. 5. 不用崇拜任何权威，因为你总能找到相反的权威们； Have no respect for the authority of others, for there are always contrary authorities to be found. 6. 不要用权力去镇压你认为有害的意见，因为如果你这样做，这些意见将会抑制你； Do not use power to suppress opinions you think pernicious, for if you do, the opinions will suppress you. 7. 不要为自己持独特看法而感到害怕，因为现在所接受的常识都曾是独特看法； Do not fear to be eccentric in opinion, for every opinion now accepted was once eccentric. 8. 与其被动地同意，不如理智地反对，因为如果你相信自己的智慧，那么后者比前者意味着更多的赞同； Find more pleasure in intelligent dissent than in passive agreement, for if you value intelligence as you should, the former implies a deeper agreement than the latter. 9. 即使真相难以接受，也一定要诚实，因为掩盖真相会带来更大的困难； Be scrupulously truthful even if the truth is inconvenient, for it is more inconvenient when you try to conceal it. 10. 不要嫉妒那些在蠢人的天堂里享受幸福的人，因为只有蠢人才以为那是幸福。 Do not feel envious of the happiness of those who live in a fool，s paradise, for only a fool will think that is happiness. （摘自伯特兰德·罗素《自传》） |
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