Man is the only creature we know, that, when the term of his natural life is ended, leaves the memory of himself behind him.

  • -- William Godwin 威廉·葛德文

人类是我们所知道的唯一的生物,当他的自然生命的期限结束时,他会把自己的记忆留在身后。

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That man is a creature who needs order yet yearns for change is the creative contradiction at the heart of the laws which structure his conformity and define his deviancy.

人是一种需要秩序但又渴望改变的生物,这是构成他的从众性和定义他的越轨行为的法则的核心的创造性矛盾。

The man who has his millions will want everything he can lay his hands on and then raise his voice against the poor devil who wants ten cents more a day.

一个拥有百万家产的人会想要他所能得到的一切,然后提高他的声音来反对那个每天想再要十美分的可怜的家伙。

And the first rude sketch that the world had seen was joy to his mighty heart, till the Devil whispered behind the leaves "It's pretty, but is it Art?"

世人所见的第一幅粗鄙的素描是他那颗强大的心的欢乐,直到魔鬼在树叶后面悄声说:“这幅画很美,但它是艺术吗?”

This creature of the poem may assemble itself into a being with its own centrifugal force.

这首诗中的这个生物可以用它自己的离心力把自己组合成一个存在。

Disease makes men more physical, it leaves them nothing but body.

疾病使人更强壮,它只留下身体。

A man is valued according to his own estimate of himself.

一个人的价值取决于他对自己的估计。