Hitherto I have courted Truth with a kind of Romantick Passion, in spite of all Difficulties and Discouragements: for knowledge is thought so unnecessary an Accomplishment for a Woman, that few will give themselves the Trouble to assist us in the Attainment of it.

  • -- Mary Astell 艾斯泰尔

到目前为止,尽管有种种困难和挫折,我还是怀着一种浪漫的激情追求真理。因为人们认为知识对于一个女人来说是不必要的成就,所以很少有人会自找麻烦来帮助我们实现它。

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In a state therefore of great equality and virtue, where pure and simple manners prevailed, the increase of the human species would evidently be much greater than any increase that has been hitherto known.

因此,在一种极其平等和美德的状态下,在一种纯粹和简单的礼仪占主导地位的情况下,人类的增长显然将远远超过迄今所知的任何增长。

The attainment of the present status of Thailand has to depend on the ability or the actions of all the inhabitants of the country.

实现泰国目前的地位必须取决于该国所有居民的能力或行动。

Towering genius disdains a beaten path. It seeks regions hitherto unexplored.

卓越的天才不屑走旁人走过的路。他寻找迄今未开拓的地区。