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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.

  • -- Theodore Dreiser 西奥多·德莱塞

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。

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Julian Assange is certainly no hero. The man behind WikiLeaks issued threats as if he were Dr. No bent on ending civilization as we know it. We will find him, lock him up, and throw away the key. But give the man credit; for a week the truth was laid bare.

朱利安•阿桑奇当然不是英雄。维基解密背后的人发出了威胁，仿佛他是决心终结我们所知的文明的诺博士。我们会找到他，把他锁起来，然后扔掉钥匙。但要称赞那人。整整一个星期，真相大白于天下。

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The instinct to impersonate produces the actor; the desire to provide pleasure by impersonations produces the playwright; the desire to provide this pleasure with adequate characterization and dialogue memorable in itself produces dramatic literature.

模仿的本能产生了演员;通过模仿获得快乐的欲望造就了剧作家;为了给这种乐趣提供足够的人物塑造和令人难忘的对话，产生了戏剧文学。

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In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

在我们的文明中，男人害怕自己不够男人，女人害怕自己可能被认为只是女人。

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A good short-story writer has an instinct for sketching in just enough background to ground the specific story.

一个优秀的短篇小说作家有一种本能，就是在足够的背景下勾勒出一个特定的故事。

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The good life is one inspired by love and guided by knowledge.

美好的生活是由爱所激励，由知识所引导。

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We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.

我们几乎不能恨我们认识的任何人。

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