A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
文明
Civilization
The first requisite of civilization is that of justice.
文明的首要条件是正义。
Without winners, there wouldn't even be any civilization.
没有赢家，就不会有任何文明。
The ultimate tendency of civilization is towards barbarism.
文明的最终趋势是走向野蛮。
A civilization is destroyed only when its gods are destroyed.
只有当一个文明的神被毁灭时，这个文明才会被毁灭。
The human race has improved everything except the human race.
除了人类，人类已经改善了一切。
There is precious little in civilization to appeal to a Yeti.
在文明中几乎没有什么能吸引雪人。
As civilization advances, poetry almost necessarily declines.
随着文明的进步，诗歌几乎必然会衰落。
Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.
文明是披着野蛮外衣的羊皮。
Nature is the master of talents; genius is the master of nature.
自然是天赋的主人;天才是自然的主宰。
Civilization is unbearable, but it is less unbearable at the top.
文明是无法忍受的，但在上层社会就没那么难以忍受了。
Increased means and increased leisure are the two civilizers of man.
越来越多的手段和越来越多的闲暇是人类的两大文明。
Progress in civilization has been accompanied by progress in cookery.
文明的进步伴随着烹饪的进步。
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The best security for civilization is the dwelling, and upon properly appointed and becoming dwellings depends, more than anything else, the improvement of mankind.
对文明来说，最好的保障是住所，而人类的进步，最重要的是取决于适当的布置和成为住所。
Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term 'we' or 'us' and at the same time decreases those labeled 'you' or 'them' until that category has no one left in it.
文明是一个过程，在这个过程中，一个人逐渐增加“我们”或“我们”这个词所包含的人数，同时减少那些被贴上“你”或“他们”标签的人，直到这个类别中没有剩下一个人。
Our most intimate contact with civilizations long since dust has been through the art which has survived them.
长久以来，我们与文明最亲密的接触一直是通过艺术来实现的。
Civilization began the first time an angry person cast a word instead of a rock.
人类文明始于第一次一个愤怒的人用一个词来代替石头。