Literature is at once the cause and the effect of social progress.

  • -- George Henry Lewes 乔治·亨利·路易斯

文学既是社会进步的原因,又是社会进步的结果。

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Markets are designed to allow individuals to look after their private needs and to pursue profit. It's really a great invention and I wouldn't under-estimate the value of that, but they're not designed to take care of social needs.

市场的设计是为了让个人照顾他们的私人需求和追求利润。这确实是一个伟大的发明,我不会低估它的价值,但它们并不是为了满足社会需求而设计的。

The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish.

文学的困难不在于写作,而在于写出你的意思;不是要影响你的读者,而是要像你希望的那样准确地影响他。

Good children's literature appeals not only to the child in the adult, but to the adult in the child.

好的儿童文学不仅吸引成人中的儿童,而且吸引儿童中的成人。

I don't like a lot of social programs either because it makes you non-productive.

我也不喜欢很多社会项目,因为它让你没有效率。