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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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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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These days there are not enough of such intermediary groups, between the state and the individual, with the result that political leaders are often unduly guided by opinion polls.

这些天来，在国家和个人之间没有足够的这种中间团体，其结果是，政治领导人往往受到民意调查的过分指导。

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On a group of theories one can found a school; but on a group of values one can found a culture, a civilization, a new way of living together among men.

一个人可以根据一组理论建立一所学校;但在一组价值观上，人们可以找到一种文化，一种文明，一种人类共同生活的新方式。

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Everything we possess that is not necessary for life or happiness becomes a burden, and scarcely a day passes that we do not add to it.

我们所拥有的一切，如果不是生活或幸福所必需的，就会成为一种负担，而且几乎每天我们都在为它添麻烦。

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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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When humor goes, there goes civilization.

幽默消失了，文明也就消失了。

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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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