The first thing to recognize not just about Afghanistan but about any poor undeveloped country is that as big as it looks on the map, it's much bigger when you're there.

  • -- Robert D. Kaplan 卡普兰

首先要认识到的不仅是阿富汗,还有任何一个贫穷的不发达国家,它就像地图上看起来的那么大,当你在那里的时候,它会变得更大。

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For example, if the big bang had been one-part-in-a billion more powerful, it would have rushed out too fast for the galaxies to form and for life to begin.

例如,如果大爆炸的威力是十亿分之一,那么它就会以太快的速度冲出,以致星系无法形成,生命无法开始。

Charity separates the rich from the poor; aid raises the needy and sets him on the same level with the rich.

慈善把富人和穷人分开;援助提高了穷人的生活水平,使他们与富人平起平坐。

Sooner or later you learn that you belong in the big leagues, and that makes you calm down.

迟早你会知道你属于大联盟,这让你平静下来。

No one is so miserable as the poor person who maintains the appearance of wealth.

没有人比那些外表富有的穷人更悲惨。