To a philosopher all news, as it is called, is gossip, and they who edit and read it are old women over their tea.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

对一个哲学家来说,所有的新闻,就像人们所说的,都是流言蜚语,编辑和阅读这些新闻的人都是喝茶的老妇人。

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The philosopher has never killed any priests, whereas the priest has killed a great many philosophers.

哲学家从来没有杀过牧师,而牧师却杀过许多哲学家。

What we women need to do, instead of worrying about what we don't have, is just love what we do have.

我们女人需要做的,不是担心我们没有什么,而是爱我们所拥有的。

There is no ‘beginning’ of feminism in the sense that there is no beginning to defiance in women.

从女性没有开始反抗的意义上说,女权主义没有“开始”。

The reason we want to go on and on is because we live in an impoverished present.

我们想继续生活下去的原因是因为我们生活在一个贫穷的当下。