While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

-- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

虽然文明一直在改善我们的住房，但它并没有同样改善住在其中的人。它创造了宫殿，但创造贵族和国王并不容易。

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Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by them, for the test of a civilization is the way that it cares for its helpless members.

我们的社会必须使老年人不惧怕年轻人或不被年轻人抛弃成为可能，这是正确的，因为对一个文明的考验是它如何照顾其无助的成员。

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Walls, no less than writing, define civilization. They are monuments of resistance against time, like writing itself.

墙壁，和文字一样，定义了文明。它们是抵抗时间的纪念碑，就像写作本身一样。

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If advice will not improve him, neither will the rod.

劝戒不能使他进步，杖也不能。

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When trust improves, the mood improves.

当信任增强时，情绪也会改善。

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