No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

没有任何财富的增长,没有任何礼貌的软化,没有任何改革或革命使人类的平等更近了一毫米。

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Economists are coming to acknowledge that measures of national wealth and poverty in terms strictly of average income tell you little that is significant of the health or viability of a society.

经济学家们开始认识到,严格按照平均收入来衡量国家财富和贫困,并不能说明一个社会的健康状况或生存能力有多么重要。

Women often find great roles in revolution, simply because the rules fall apart and everyone has agency, anyone can act.

女性常常在革命中找到伟大的角色,仅仅是因为规则被打破,每个人都有自己的力量,任何人都可以行动。

Revolution today is taken for granted, and in consequence becomes rather dull.

今天的革命被认为是理所当然的,结果变得相当沉闷。

That man is richest whose pleasures are cheapest.

能处处寻求快乐的人才是最富有的人。