Instead of saying that man is the creature of circumstance, it would be nearer the mark to say that man is the architect of circumstance

  • -- Thomas Carlyle 托马斯·卡莱尔

与其说人是环境的产物,不如说人是环境的建筑师

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Our people were very restive, saying that they could not sit under that notice, and that if the National Board did not call them out soon they would go out of themselves.

我们的人民非常不安,他们说,他们不能听候通知,如果国家委员会不尽快把他们叫出来,他们就会自己离开。

Philanthropy is commendable, but it must not cause the philanthropist to overlook the circumstances of economic injustice which make philanthropy necessary.

慈善事业是值得赞扬的,但绝不能让慈善家忽视经济不公平的环境,而正是这种环境使得慈善事业成为必要。

No I'm not a great believer in getting back over things and saying if only, or if, or buts because I don't think we actually get anywhere on that.

不,我不太相信回到过去然后说如果,如果,但是因为我不认为我们在这一点上有任何进展。

Big pay and little responsibility are circumstances seldom found together.

高薪和低责任很少同时出现。