The contemporary form of true greatness lies in a civilization founded on the spirituality of work.

  • -- Simone Weil 西蒙娜·韦伊

当代真正伟大的形式在于建立在工作精神基础上的文明。

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The fact is we can only love what we know personally. And we cannot know much. In public affairs, in the rebuilding of civilization, something less dramatic and emotional is needed, namely tolerance.

事实上,我们只能爱我们自己知道的。我们知道的不多。在公共事务中,在文明的重建中,需要一种不那么引人注目和情绪化的东西,即容忍。

Probably, no nation is rich enough to pay for both war and civilization. We must make our choice; we cannot have both.

也许,没有一个国家富裕到可以同时为战争和文明买单。我们必须做出选择;我们不能两者兼得。

Even the powerful ox has no defense against flies.

即使是强壮的牛也不能抵抗苍蝇。

One seldom meets a lonely lie.

一个人很少会遇到孤独的谎言。