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A thousand influences constantly press a working man into a passive role. He does not act, he is acted upon.
一千种影响不断地迫使一个工人处于被动地位。他不采取行动，而是被行动所左右。
— George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔
同一主题，不同的表达
更多好句 ↗One's work usually occupies more than half of one's waking life. Choosing work that does not bring happiness will lead to a life that is mostly disappointing.
一个人的工作通常占据他醒着时生活的一半以上。选择一份不能带来快乐的工作，会让你的生活充满失望。
Bo Bennett
波·贝内特
Compassion for animals is intimately connected with goodness of character; and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.
对动物的同情与善良的性格密切相关;可以肯定地说，虐待动物的人不可能是好人。
Arthur Schopenhauer
亚瑟·叔本华
If we are completely honest with ourselves, everyone has a dark side to their personalities.
如果我们对自己完全诚实，每个人的性格都有阴暗的一面。
Isabella Rossellini
伊莎贝拉·罗塞利尼
We never can tell how our lives may work to the account of the general good, and we are not wise enough to know if we have fulfilled our mission or not.
我们永远不知道我们的生活如何为大众谋福利，我们也没有足够的智慧去知道我们是否完成了我们的使命。
Ellen Henrietta Swallow Richards
埃伦·亨丽埃塔吞下理查兹
No sensible person will deny that the works of Nature are in the highest degree simple, necessary and as economical as possible. Therefore machines devised by mankind will doubtlessly likewise attain most success if they are as far as possible modelled on works of Nature.
任何明智的人都不会否认，大自然的杰作在最大程度上是简单的、必要的，而且是尽可能经济实惠的。因此，如果人类设计的机器尽可能地模仿自然，它们无疑也会获得最大的成功。
Giovanni Alfonso Borelli
博雷利
It's such a luxury to be able to be happy about going to work in the morning.
早上能开心地去上班真是一件奢侈的事。
Joe Pantoliano
乔·潘托利亚诺