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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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

任何国家的知识状况将对其所采用的一般教学制度产生直接影响,这是一项显而易见的原则,不需要进行调查。

What happens when the guy who runs the reactor gets out of bed wrong or decides, for some reason, that he wants to override his instruction sheet some afternoon?

当运行反应堆的人错误地起床,或者出于某种原因,决定某个下午重写指令表时,会发生什么?

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。

That is poor help that helps you from the feather-bed to the straw.

帮助你从有羽毛的床到稻草都是无益的。

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。

Life would be tolerable but for its amusements.

如果没有娱乐,生活是可以忍受的。