A civilization is a heritage of beliefs, customs, and knowledge slowly accumulated in the course of centuries, elements difficult at times to justify by logic, but justifying themselves as paths when they lead somewhere, since they open up for man his inner distance.

  • -- Antoine de Saint-Exupéry 圣埃斯库里

文明是一种信仰、习俗和知识的遗产,在几个世纪的过程中慢慢积累起来,这些元素有时很难用逻辑来证明,但当它们指向某个地方时,就会证明自己是正确的路径,因为它们为人类打开了内心的距离。

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Only he whose special function is departure can depart from that civilization: a scientist is given license, a priest is given permission. But these are not given to a woman who does not even have the guarantee of a title.

只有他的特殊功能是离开才能离开那个文明:科学家得到许可,牧师得到许可。但这些都不是给一个连头衔都没有保证的女人的。

The results of ethnic psychology constitute, at the same time, our chief source of information regarding the general psychology of the complex mental processes.

同时,民族心理学的结果构成了我们关于复杂心理过程的一般心理学的主要信息来源。

We must plant the sea and herd its animals using the sea as farmers instead of hunters. That is what civilization is all about - farming replacing hunting.

我们必须种植海洋,并利用海洋作为农民而不是猎人来放牧动物。这就是文明的全部——农业取代狩猎。

Honor's a good brooch to wear in a man's hat at all times.

荣誉是一直戴在男人帽子上的好胸针。