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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If nations could only depend upon fair and impartial judgments in a world court of law, they would abandon the senseless, savage practice of war.

如果各国只能依靠一个世界法院的公正和不偏不倚的判决，它们就会放弃毫无意义的野蛮战争做法。

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As nations can not be rewarded or punished in the next world they must be in this.

由于国家不能在来世得到奖赏或惩罚，它们必须在来世得到奖赏或惩罚。

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We are all born ignorant, but one must work hard to remain stupid.

我们生来无知，但要想保持愚蠢就必须努力工作。

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