You can give men food and leisure and amusements and good conditions of work, and still they will remain unsatisfied. You can deny them all these things, and they will not complain so long as they feel that they have something to die for.

  • -- Christopher Dawson 克里斯多夫·道森

你可以给人食物、闲暇、娱乐和良好的工作条件,但他们仍然不满足。你可以否认他们所有的这些,只要他们觉得有什么值得为之牺牲的东西,他们就不会抱怨。

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The presentations and conceptions of the average man of the world are formed and dominated, not by the full and pure desire for knowledge as an end in itself, but by the struggle to adapt himself favourably to the conditions of life.

世界上一般人的表象和观念的形成和支配,并非出于对知识本身作为目的的充分而纯粹的渴望,而是为了使自己更好地适应生活条件而进行的斗争。

Their effort to place the women upon the same industrial level with themselves in order that all may pull together in the effort to maintain reasonable conditions of life.

他们努力使妇女与自己处于同一工业水平,以便所有人都能齐心协力努力维持合理的生活条件。

I think when you take forever off the table, it does something really interesting to what you think is important. There's something a little freeing about it.

我认为当你把永远从桌子上拿下来的时候,它会对你认为重要的事情产生有趣的影响。有一点自由。

If there is anything that a man can do well, I say let him do it. Give him a chance.

如果有什么事是一个人能做好的,我说让他去做。给他一个机会。

Writing good ads is easy when you have something to say.

当你有话要说的时候,写好广告是很容易的。

I will never give up on you. Ever!

我永远不会放弃你。!