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There is nothing more demoralizing than a small but adequate income.

  • -- Edmund Wilson 埃德蒙威尔逊

没有什么比微薄但足够的收入更令人沮丧的了。

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At times you feel like you're the only voice speaking out to improve the working conditions of people, whether it's to be able to collectively bargain, to get adequate pay, to know that you can come home safe out of a coal mine.

有时，你觉得自己是唯一一个站出来改善人们工作条件的人，无论是为了集体谈判，为了获得足够的工资，还是为了知道你可以安全走出煤矿回家。

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The gradual decline of a society is often a self-induced process of trying to meet ever-expanding appetites, rather than a physical inability to produce past levels of food and fuel, or to maintain adequate defense.

一个社会的逐渐衰落往往是一个自我诱导的过程，试图满足不断增长的食欲，而不是身体上无法生产过去水平的食物和燃料，或维持足够的防御。

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Now my only income is a few royalty cheques from my books.

现在我唯一的收入就是从我的账簿上取几张版税支票。

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Expenditures rise to meet income.

支出增加以满足收入。

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