Television is not vulgar because people are vulgar; it is vulgar because people are similar in their prurient interests and sharply differentiated in their civilized concerns.

  • -- George Gilder 基尔德

电视并不因为人们粗俗而粗俗;这是粗俗的,因为人们在他们的好色的利益上是相似的,在他们的文明的关注上是截然不同的。

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Accordingly, globalization is not only something that will concern and threaten us in the future, but something that is taking place in the present and to which we must first open our eyes.

因此,全球化不仅是在未来将使我们感到关切和威胁的事情,而且是目前正在发生的事情,我们必须首先对此睁大眼睛。

In a civilized society, all crimes are likely to be sins, but most sins are not and ought not to be treated as crimes. Man's ultimate responsibility is to God alone.

在一个文明的社会里,所有的犯罪都有可能是罪,但是大多数的罪不是也不应该被当作罪来对待。人的最终责任是只对上帝负责。

I say what I want to say and do what I want to do. There's no in between. People will either love you for it or hate you for it.

我说我想说的,做我想做的。没有中间地带。人们要么爱你,要么恨你。

Arguments are extremely vulgar, for everyone in good society holds exactly the same opinion.

争论是极其粗俗的,因为在良好的社会里,每个人都持有完全相同的观点。

Wine has been with civilized man from the beginning.

酒从一开始就与文明人同在。

The quarrel of the sheep doesn't concern the goats.

绵羊的争吵与山羊无关。

The vulgar boil, the learned roast, an egg.

粗俗的煮,博学的烤,一个鸡蛋。

But you base everything on people you know.

但是你把一切都建立在你认识的人的基础上。