A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.

一个把鲜花定价成奢侈品的国家还没有学会文明的首要原则。

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There is just as much evil in all of us as there is good. We're all continuously guilty, even if we're not doing it intentionally to be evil. Here we are sitting in luxury hotels, living it up on the the backs of others in the third world. We all have a guilty conscience, but we do very little about it.

我们每个人都有好的一面,也有坏的一面。我们都在不断地犯罪,即使我们不是故意做坏事。我们现在住在豪华酒店里,靠着第三世界其他国家的人过着奢侈的生活。我们都有罪恶感,但我们对此却无能为力。

What it values most of all is the sum total of events and the advance of civilization, which carries individuals along with it; but, indifferent to details, it cares less to have them real than noble or, rather, grand and complete.

它最看重的是所有事件和文明进步的总和,而文明进步也带来了个人;但是,对细节漠不关心,它更关心的是高尚,或者,更确切地说,宏大和完整,而不是真实的细节。

You cannot spend money in luxury without doing good to the poor. Nay, you do more good to them by spending it in luxury, than by giving it; for by spending it in luxury, you make them exert industry, whereas by giving it, you keep

你们若不善待穷人,就不能奢侈度日。不,你把钱花在奢侈品上,比给他们更多的好处;因为把钱花在奢侈品上,你使他们努力工作,而把钱给他们,你就能保住它

Civilization exists by geological consent, subject to change without notice.

文明的存在是经地质同意的,如有变更,恕不另行通知。