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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There is as yet no civilized society, but only a society in the process of becoming civilized. There is as yet no civilized nation, but only nations in the process of becoming civilized. From this standpoint, we can now speak of a collective task of humankind. The task of humanity is to build a genuine civilization.

世界上还没有文明的社会，只有正在走向文明的社会。世界上还没有文明的民族，只有正在走向文明的民族。从这一观点出发，我们现在可以谈谈人类的一项集体任务。人类的任务是建设真正的文明。

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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.

对文明来说，最好的保障是住所，而人类的进步，最重要的是取决于适当的布置和成为住所。

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Let a good man do good deeds with the same zeal that the evil man does bad ones

愿善人行善，热心像恶人行恶

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The man who suspects his own tediousness is yet to be born.

怀疑自己沉闷的人还没有出生。

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