The men are much alarmed by certain speculations about women; and well they may be, for when the horse and ass begin to think and argue, adieu to riding and driving.

  • -- Adelaide Anne Procter 阿德莱德·安妮·普鲁克特

男人对某些关于女人的猜测感到十分惊恐;也许是这样,因为当马和驴开始思考和争论时,就告别了骑马和驾车。

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The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary.

现实政治的全部目的是通过无穷无尽的妖怪(全都是虚构的)威胁民众,让他们保持警惕(因此,他们大声疾呼,希望被带到安全的地方)。

The difference in the education of men and women must give the former great advantages over the latter, even where geniuses are equal.

男女教育的差异必须使前者比后者具有更大的优势,即使天才是平等的。

Mocking a woman is like drinking too much wine. It may be fun for a short time, but the hangover is hell.

嘲笑女人就像喝了太多的酒。这可能在短时间内是有趣的,但宿醉是地狱。

The friend of the present order of things condemns all political speculations in the gross.

当前秩序之友全面谴责一切政治投机。