I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

  • -- Frederick Marryat 马里亚特

我宁愿为穷人的教育,甚至是为穷人的娱乐而写作,也不愿为富人的娱乐而写作。

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In all the great periods of the drama perfect freedom of choice and subject, perfect freedom of individual treatment, and an audience eager to give itself to sympathetic listening, even if instruction be involved, have brought the great results.

在所有伟大的戏剧时期,选择和题材的完全自由,个人对待的完全自由,以及观众渴望给予自己同情的倾听,即使涉及到指导,都带来了巨大的成果。

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

当然,如果知识是有价值的,那么在一个远比托斯卡纳富裕的国家里,允许像道尔顿这样的天才从事基础教育的苦差事,绝不可能是一个好的政策。

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

让我们读书,让我们跳舞;这两种娱乐方式对世界是无害的。

If everyone gives one thread, the poor man will have a shirt.

如果每个人都给一根线,这个可怜的人就会有一件衬衫。

It is part of a poor spirit to undervalue himself and blush.

低估自己的价值而脸红,是一种可怜的精神。