Poverty us no disgrace to a man, but it is confoundedly inconvenient.

  • -- Sydney Smith 史密斯

贫穷对一个人来说并不是耻辱,但它却给人带来极大的不便。

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The fact is that ours is the first generation that can look disease and extreme poverty in the eye, look across the ocean to Africa, and say this, and mean it. We do not have to stand for this. A whole continent written off - we do not have to stand for this.

事实上,我们这一代人是第一代能够正视疾病和极端贫困的人,能够跨越大洋来到非洲,并且说到做到。我们不需要忍受这些。整个大陆都被一笔勾销了——我们不必忍受这种情况。

Coming generations will learn equality from poverty, and love from woes.

下一代人将从贫困中学会平等,从苦难中学会爱。