As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

随着文明的进步,诗歌几乎必然会衰落。

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Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

我们的文明仍处于中间阶段,几乎可以说是禽兽,因为它不再完全受本能的支配;几乎没有人性,因为它还没有完全被理性所引导。

As a result of the digital age and the decline of first-class mail, there is no question that the Postal Service must change and develop a new business model.

由于数字时代和一流邮件的减少,毫无疑问,邮政服务必须改变和发展一种新的商业模式。

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.

我们必须种植海洋,并利用海洋作为农民而不是猎人来放牧动物。这就是文明的全部——农业取代狩猎。

If people have bought something of mine, they know by now that I will decline writing it for the movies.

如果有人买了我的东西,他们现在就知道我不会为电影写剧本了。

First of all nothing will happen and a little later nothing will happen again.

首先什么也不会发生 过了一会儿 不会再发生什么事了。

Those who wish to sing always find a song.

想唱歌的人总能找到歌。