I have never known so much naive conviction allied to greater intellectual poverty.

  • -- Claude Levi-Strauss 斯特劳斯

我从未见过如此天真的信念与更大的智力贫困相关联。

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If you are a rich person straining every sinew to keep every last pound in your pocket, there comes a point when you realize you are not just escaping the clutches of the Chancellor of the Exchequer. You are passing a greater burden on to people poorer than yourself, and depriving even poorer people of your support.

如果你是一个富人,竭尽全力把口袋里的每一英镑都揣在口袋里,那么当你意识到自己不仅仅是在逃避财政大臣的控制时,你就会意识到这一点。你们把更大的负担转嫁给比你们更穷的人,剥夺了更穷的人对你们的支持。

It has long been known that the chemical atomic weight of hydrogen was greater than one-quarter of that of helium, but so long as fractional weights were general there was no particular need to explain this fact, nor could any definite conclusions be drawn from it.

人们早就知道氢的化学原子量大于氦的四分之一,但只要分数权重是一般的,就没有必要特别解释这个事实,也不能从中得出任何明确的结论。

In a country well governed, poverty is something to be ashamed of. In a country badly governed, wealth is something to be ashamed of.

在一个治理良好的国家,贫穷是一件令人羞愧的事。在一个管理不善的国家,财富是一件令人羞愧的事情。

The honest poor can sometimes forget poverty. The honest rich can never forget it.

诚实的穷人有时会忘记贫穷。诚实的富人永远不会忘记这一点。