It is because nations tend towards stupidity and baseness that mankind moves so slowly; it is because individuals have a capacity for better things that it moves at all.

  • -- George Gissing 乔治?吉辛

正是因为国家倾向于愚蠢和卑劣,人类才行动得如此缓慢;正是因为个人有能力做更好的事情,它才会发生变化。

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Two nations between whom there is no intercourse and no sympathy; who are as ignorant of each other's habits, thoughts, and feelings, as if they were dwellers in different zones, or inhabitants of different planets. The rich and the poor.

两国之间既没有交往,也没有同情;他们对彼此的习惯、思想和感情一无所知,好像他们是不同地区的居民,或者是不同星球上的居民。富人和穷人。

The strength of a nation derives from the integrity of the home.

一个国家的力量来自家庭的完整。

Stupidity is the deliberate cultivation of ignorance.

愚蠢是故意培养无知。

Seriousness is stupidity sent to college.

严肃是愚蠢送进大学。