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Man is a noble animal, splendid in ashes, and pompous in the grave.

  • -- Thomas Browne 托马斯·布朗

人是高贵的动物，在灰烬中光艳夺目，在坟墓中却趾高气扬。

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If we cut up beasts simply because they cannot prevent us and because we are backing our own side in the struggle for existence, it is only logical to cut up imbeciles, criminals, enemies, or capitalists for the same reasons.

如果我们仅仅因为野兽不能阻止我们，因为我们在为生存而斗争中支持自己的一方，那么出于同样的原因而把蠢货、罪犯、敌人或资本家斩了，也就合乎逻辑了。

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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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The restriction of studies of human intellect and character to studies of conscious states was not without influence on a scientific studies of animal psychology.

把对人类智力和性格的研究局限于对意识状态的研究，对动物心理学的科学研究不无影响。

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All of us failed to match our dreams of perfection. So I rate us on the basis of our splendid failure to do the impossible.

我们所有人都未能实现完美的梦想。因此，我对我们的评价是基于我们出色地完成了不可能完成的任务。

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The love of one's country is a splendid thing. But why should love stop at the border?

爱国是一件了不起的事情。但为什么爱要止步于边界?

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