Proletarian language is dictated by hunger. The poor chew words to fill their bellies.

  • -- Theodor W. Adorno 狄奥多·阿多诺

无产阶级的语言是由饥饿决定的。穷人咀嚼文字填饱肚子。

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It's our tendency to approach every problem as if it were a fight between two sides. We see it in headlines that are always using metaphors for war. It's a general atmosphere of animosity and contention that has taken over our public discourse.

我们倾向于把每一个问题都当作是双方之间的斗争来处理。我们在标题中看到它总是使用战争的隐喻。这是一种普遍的敌意和争论的气氛,已经占据了我们的公共话语。

It is still not enough for language to have clarity and content... it must also have a goal and an imperative. Otherwise from language we descend to chatter, from chatter to babble and from babble to confusion.

语言的清晰度和内容仍然不够……它还必须有一个目标和一个当务之急。否则,我们从语言堕落到喋喋不休,从喋喋不休到胡言乱语,从胡言乱语到混乱不堪。

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

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。

It would be nice if the poor were to get even half of the money that is spent in studying them.

如果穷人能得到一半用于研究他们的钱就好了。

It is better to buy dearly than to hunger direly.

与其忍饥挨饿,不如高价买进。

My hunger for success is fueled by my passion.

我对成功的渴望是由我的热情所推动的。