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I do not believe that civilizations have to die because civilization is not an organism. It is a product of wills.
我不认为文明必须消亡，因为文明不是一个有机体。它是意志的产物。
— Arnold J. Toynbee 汤因比
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更多好句 ↗It was pride that changed angels into devils; it is humility that makes men as angels.
是骄傲把天使变成了魔鬼;谦卑使人成为天使。
Augustine of Hippo
希波的奥古斯丁
It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler than the road built in despair, even though they both lead to the same destination.
这从来就不是，也永远不会是一项容易的工作!但是，对旅行者来说，在希望中建造的道路比在绝望中建造的道路更令人愉快，即使它们通向同一个目的地。
Marion Zimmer Bradley
马里恩·齐默·布拉德利
Criticism and pessimism destroy families, undermine institutions of all kinds, defeat nearly everyone, and spread a shroud of gloom over entire nations.
批评和悲观主义摧毁了家庭，破坏了各种制度，几乎打败了所有人，并给整个国家蒙上了一层阴霾。
Gordon B. Hinckley
戈登·兴格莱
Never forget that the key to the situation lies in the will and not in the imagination.
永远不要忘记，解决问题的关键在于决心，而不是想象。
Evelyn Underhill
德希尔
To pin your hopes upon the future is to consign those hopes to a hypothesis, which is to say, a nothingness. Here and now is what we must contend with.
把希望寄托在未来，就是把希望寄托在一种假设上，也就是说，一种虚无。此时此地是我们必须应付的。
Angela Carter
安洁拉·卡特
If we are going to be kind, let it be out of simple generosity, not because we fear guilt or retribution.
如果我们想要做一个善良的人，那就仅仅是出于慷慨，而不是因为我们害怕内疚或报复。
J.M. Coetzee
J.M.科茨