Everybody thinks that this civilization has lasted a very long time but it really does take very few grandfathers' granddaughters to take us back to the dark ages.

  • -- Gertrude Stein 格特鲁德·斯坦

每个人都认为这个文明已经持续了很长时间,但它真的需要很少的祖父的孙女带我们回到黑暗时代。

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There is as yet no civilized society, but only a society in the process of becoming civilized. There is as yet no civilized nation, but only nations in the process of becoming civilized. From this standpoint, we can now speak of a collective task of humankind. The task of humanity is to build a genuine civilization.

世界上还没有文明的社会,只有正在走向文明的社会。世界上还没有文明的民族,只有正在走向文明的民族。从这一观点出发,我们现在可以谈谈人类的一项集体任务。人类的任务是建设真正的文明。

Being a teenager is an amazing time and a hard time. It's when you make your best friends - I have girls who will never leave my heart and I still talk to. You get the best and the worst as a teen. You have the best friendships and the worst heartbreaks.

青少年时期是一段美好的时光,也是一段艰难的时光。当你交到最好的朋友的时候——我有永远不会离开我的心的女孩,我仍然和她们聊天。作为一个青少年,你有最好的,也有最坏的。你拥有最好的友谊和最糟糕的心碎。

A new scientific truth does not triumph by convincing its opponents and making them see the light, but rather because its opponents eventually die, and a new generation grows up that is familiar with it.

一个新的科学真理不是通过说服它的对手并让他们看到光明而取得胜利,而是因为它的对手最终会消亡,而熟悉它的新一代会成长起来。

It has been said that the position of woman is the test of civilization, and that of our women was secure. In them was vested our standard of morals and the purity of our blood.

有人说,妇女的地位是对文明的考验,我们妇女的地位是稳固的。我们的道德标准和我们血液的纯洁都赋予了他们。

I've always been happy just to be working. It doesn't really matter for me how many people are familiar with my name or my picture, or whatever.

我一直很高兴能工作。对我来说,有多少人熟悉我的名字,我的照片,或者其他什么并不重要。

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

大多数时候我引用自己的话。这不是傲慢,这是作家的工作。