If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

  • -- Charles Darwin 查尔斯·达尔文

如果穷人的痛苦不是由自然法则造成的,而是由我们的制度造成的,那么我们的罪就太大了。

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That only a few, under any circumstances, protest against the injustice of long-established laws and customs, does not disprove the fact of the oppressions, while the satisfaction of the many, if real only proves their apathy and deeper degradation.

在任何情况下,只有少数人抗议长期存在的法律和习俗的不公正,但这并不能证明压迫的事实是不成立的,而许多人的满足,如果是真实的,只能证明他们的冷漠和更深的堕落。

All we can do is keep going up against then as long as Ray is alive because when he dies it will not be possible to establish the truth of his innocence in a court of law.

我们所能做的就是继续对抗,只要雷还活着,因为当他死后,就不可能在法庭上证明他是无辜的。

I'm tired of hearing sin called sickness and alcoholism a disease. It is the only disease I know of that we're spending hundreds of millions of dollars a year to spread.

我厌倦了听人把罪恶叫做疾病,把酗酒叫做疾病。据我所知,这是我们每年花费数亿美元用于传播的唯一一种疾病。

If there is technological advance without social advance, there is, almost automatically, an increase in human misery.

如果有技术进步而没有社会进步,人类的苦难几乎会自动增加。

I find the earth to be a place of misery in which I am surrounded by the conformity that kills society.

我发现地球是一个充满苦难的地方,我被扼杀社会的一致性所包围。

I would rather be poor in a cottage full of books than a king without the desire to read.

我宁愿贫穷时住在书屋里,也不愿做一个没有读书欲望的国王。

Excellence means when a man or woman asks of himself more than others do.

优秀意味着当一个男人或女人对自己的要求比别人高的时候。

I'm fortunate enough not to be poor, and I'm not a bad tipper.

我很幸运没有贫穷,而且我给小费也不差。

Excellence is a process that should occupy all our days.

卓越是一个应该占据我们所有时间的过程。

Humanity is the sin of God.

人性是上帝的罪。