A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
文明
Civilization
Civilization is a method of living, an attitude of equal respect for all men.
文明是一种生活方式，是对所有人平等尊重的态度。
The end of the human race will be that it will eventually die of civilization.
人类的终结将是文明的终结。
From the first day to this, sheer greed was the driving spirit of civilization.
从第一天到今天，纯粹的贪婪是文明的驱动力。
I am not aware that any community has a right to force another to be civilized.
我不知道任何社会都有权强迫另一个社会文明。
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。
Civilization, after all, is defined by what we forbid, more than what we permit.
毕竟，文明的定义是我们所禁止的，而不是我们所允许的。
I have thought a sufficient measure of civilization is the influence of good women.
我曾认为，衡量文明程度的一个充分标准是优秀女性的影响力。
Civilization is a failure. We need to think what we can do together in love and peace.
文明是失败的。我们需要思考我们能在爱与和平中一起做些什么。
Civilization is nothing else than the attempt to reduce force to being the last resort.
文明无非是企图把武力减少到最后的手段。
A civilization is built on what is required of men, not on that which is provided for them.
文明是建立在人们所需要的东西之上的，而不是建立在为他们提供的东西之上。
As long as art is the beauty parlor of civilization, neither art nor civilization is secure.
只要艺术是文明的美容院，艺术和文明都不是安全的。
We will never have true civilization until we have learned to recognize the rights of others.
除非我们学会承认他人的权利，否则我们永远不会有真正的文明。
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If mankind were to continue in other than the present barbarism, a new path must be found, a new civilization based on some other method than technology.
如果人类要在目前的野蛮状态之外继续下去，就必须找到一条新的道路，一种以技术以外的其他方法为基础的新文明。
Julian Assange is certainly no hero. The man behind WikiLeaks issued threats as if he were Dr. No bent on ending civilization as we know it. We will find him, lock him up, and throw away the key. But give the man credit; for a week the truth was laid bare.
朱利安•阿桑奇当然不是英雄。维基解密背后的人发出了威胁，仿佛他是决心终结我们所知的文明的诺博士。我们会找到他，把他锁起来，然后扔掉钥匙。但要称赞那人。整整一个星期，真相大白于天下。
A civilized society is one that exhibits the five qualities of truth, beauty, adventure, art and peace.
文明社会是一个展现真、美、冒险、艺术与和平五种品质的社会。
For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.
对我来说，礼貌是文明的必要条件。
The first sign of civilization is always trash.
文明的第一个标志总是垃圾。
I was determined to know beans.
我下定决心要了解豆类。