Civilization is the distance man has placed between himself and his excreta.

  • -- Brian Aldiss 奥尔迪斯

文明是人类把自己和排泄物之间的距离。

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A civilized nation can have no enemies, and one cannot draw a line across a map, a line that doesn't even exist in nature and say that the ugly enemy lives on the one side, and good friends live on the other.

一个文明的国家可以没有敌人,一个人不能在地图上画一条线,这条线甚至在自然界中都不存在,说丑陋的敌人生活在一边,好朋友生活在另一边。

If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.

如果一个人一生中没有结交新朋友,他很快就会发现自己被孤立了。一个人,先生,应该经常保持他的友谊。

Women know what men have long forgotten. The ultimate economic and spiritual unit of any civilization is still the family.

女人知道男人早已忘记了什么。任何文明的最终经济和精神单位仍然是家庭。

O thou invisible spirit of wine, if thou hast no name to be known by, let us call thee devil.

看不见的酒神阿,你若没有可记念的名,我们就称你为魔鬼。