A pioneer destroys things and calls it civilization.

  • -- Charles M. Russell 查尔斯·M·拉塞尔

先驱者破坏事物并称之为文明。

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Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.

文明对身体的要求是如此之高,以至于有些人把它称为一种疾病,尽管艺术能让弱小的身体活到更大的平均年龄,也能更好地保护我们免受传染病和细菌性疾病的侵害。

Life does not accommodate you, it shatters you. It is meant to, and it couldn't do it better. Every seed destroys its container or else there would be no fruition.

生活不能包容你,它会让你崩溃。这是命中注定的,而且它不能做得更好。每粒种子都会破坏它的容器,否则就不会有果实。

A country where flowers are priced so as to make them a luxury has yet to learn the first principles of civilization.

一个把鲜花定价成奢侈品的国家还没有学会文明的首要原则。

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

理想主义者的命运似乎就是以一种破坏他们理想的形式去获得他们所追求的东西。