The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

人类的终结将是文明的终结。

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Of all liars the most arrogant are biographers: those who would have us believe, having surveyed a few boxes full of letters, diaries, bank statements and photographs, that they can play at the recording angel and tell the whole truth about another human life.

在所有的说谎者中,最傲慢的是传记作家:这些人会让我们相信,在调查了几个装满信件、日记、银行对账单和照片的盒子之后,他们可以像录音天使一样,讲述另一个人生活的全部真相。

Major social movements eventually fade into the landscape not because they have diminished but because they have become a permanent part of our perceptions and experience.

重大的社会运动最终会淡出人们的视野,不是因为它们已经减少,而是因为它们已经成为我们的感知和经验的一个永久组成部分。

The more a race is governed by its passions, the less it has acquired the habit of cautious and reasoned argument, the more intense will be its love of music.

一个民族越是被它的激情所支配,它就越没有养成谨慎和理性辩论的习惯,它对音乐的热爱就会越强烈。

Well, then we got to know each other and eventually worked out a bit of idea of management.

嗯,然后我们互相了解,最后想出了一些管理的点子。

The finish line is just the beginning of a whole new race.

终点线只是一场全新比赛的开始。

Education is the transmission of civilization.

教育是文明的传播。

Civilization is what makes you sick.

文明让你生病。

I became a human placebo.

我成了人类的安慰剂。