Man's unique reward, however, is that while animals survive by adjusting themselves to their background, man survives by adjusting his background to himself.

  • -- Ayn Rand 艾恩·兰德

然而,人类唯一的奖赏是,当动物通过调整自己来适应环境而生存时,人类通过调整自己的背景来生存。

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It was implicitly supposed that every living thing was distinctively plant or animal; that there were real and profound differences between the two, if only they could be seized.

人们想当然地认为每一种生物都是独特的植物或动物;这两者之间存在着真实而深刻的差异,只要能抓住它们就好了。

The fairest things have fleetest end, Their scent survives their close: But the rose’s scent is bitterness To him that loved the rose.

世上最美的东西,都有转瞬即逝的结局,它们的香气在接近时依然存在。但玫瑰的香气,对于爱玫瑰的人来说,却是苦涩的。

War is good when good survives and evil is crushed. If you don't crush evil then evil will get you.

战争是善,善存恶灭。如果你不粉碎邪恶,那么邪恶就会抓住你。

He who has cattle on the hill will not sleep easy.

在山上养牛的人不易入睡。