There is surely no contradiction in saying that a certain section of the community may be quite competent to protect the persons and property of the rest, yet quite unfit to direct our opinions, or to superintend our private habits.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

说社会上的某一部分人也许完全有能力保护其他人的人身和财产,但又完全不适合指导我们的意见,或监督我们的私人习惯,这当然并不矛盾。

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It is to be observed that every case of war averted is a gain in general, for it helps to form a habit of peace, and community habits long continued become standards of conduct.

值得注意的是,每一件避免战争的案例通常都是一种收益,因为它有助于形成一种和平的习惯,而长期持续的社区习惯成为行为的标准。

We have to make their livelihoods viable, get them the proper prices for their produce, try and make them stay rather than sell their property and leave again.

我们必须让他们的生计维持下去,为他们的农产品找到合适的价格,努力让他们留下来,而不是卖掉他们的财产,然后再离开。

I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.

我是个咖啡爱好者。我尽量不要有太多的坏习惯。

I think that zinc white has a property of scaling and cracking.

我认为锌白具有结垢和开裂的特性。