Cities have always been the fireplaces of civilization, whence light and heat radiated out into the dark.

  • -- Theodore Parker 希欧多尔·帕克

城市一直是文明的壁炉,那里的光和热辐射到黑暗中。

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People sometimes tell me that they prefer barbarism to civilization. I doubt if they have given it a long enough trial. Like the people of Alexandria, they are bored by civilization; but all the evidence suggests that the boredom of barbarism is infinitely greater.

人们有时告诉我,比起文明,他们更喜欢野蛮。我怀疑他们是否进行了足够长的试验。就像亚历山大的人们一样,他们对文明感到厌倦;但所有的证据都表明,野蛮行为的无聊程度要大得多。

The papacy again, representing the traditional unity of European civilization, has also shown itself unable to limit effectively the push of nationalism.

再次代表欧洲文明传统统一的教皇制度,也表现出无法有效限制民族主义的推动。

Walking with a friend in the dark is better than walking alone in the light.

与朋友在黑暗中同行,胜过独自在光明中同行。

Society is always taken by surprise at any new example of common sense.

社会总是对任何常识的新例子感到惊讶。

Vitality is radiated from exceptional art and architecture.

非凡的艺术和建筑散发出活力。

There's always a germ of truth in just about everything.

几乎每件事都有真理的萌芽。

It touched me to be trusted with something terrible.

把一件可怕的事情托付给我,使我很感动。