Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

  • -- Abraham Flexner 亚伯拉罕·弗莱克斯纳

也许,没有一个国家富裕到可以同时为战争和文明买单。我们必须做出选择;我们不能两者兼得。

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But the further step, by means of which a civilization is given its quality or culture, is only attained by a process of cellular division, in the course of which the individual is differentiated, made distinct from and independent of the parent group.

但是,只有通过细胞分裂的过程,才能使个体得到区别,使个体区别于母体,并独立于母体,从而获得文明的品质或文化。

If they had told me I was the janitor and would have to mop up and clean the toilets after the show in order to play, I probably would have done it.

如果他们告诉我,我是看门人,演出结束后,我必须打扫厕所才能玩,我可能早就这么做了。

If you feel with all your heart that something is right, it probably is.

如果你真心觉得某件事是对的,那么它很可能就是对的。

Civilization begins with order, grows with liberty and dies with chaos.

文明始于秩序,在自由中成长,在混乱中消亡。