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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I cannot help fearing that men may reach a point where they look on every new theory as a danger, every innovation as a toilsome trouble, every social advance as a first step toward revolution, and that they may absolutely refuse to move at all.

我不禁担心,人们可能会把每一种新理论都看成是一种危险,把每一项创新都看成是一种辛苦的麻烦,把每一项社会进步都看成是走向革命的第一步,而他们可能会完全拒绝前进。

To achieve the mood of a warrior is not a simple matter. It is a revolution. To regard the lion and the water rats and our fellow men as equals is a magnificent act of a warrior's spirit. It takes power to do that.

要达到战士的心境不是一件简单的事情。这是一场革命。把狮子、水鼠和我们的同胞平等看待是战士精神的伟大表现。这需要力量。

Probably the greatest harm done by vast wealth is the harm that we of moderate means do ourselves when we let the vices of envy and hatred enter deep into our own natures.

当我们让嫉妒和仇恨的恶习深入我们的本性时,中等收入的人对自己造成的伤害可能是巨大财富所造成的最大伤害。

Wealth is not his that has it, but his that enjoys it.

财富不是属于拥有它的人,而是属于享受它的人。