Reasoning at every step he treads, Man yet mistakes his way, Whilst meaner things, whom instinct leads, Are rarely known to stray.

-- William Cowper 威廉·考珀

人的每一步行动都是理性的，然而他却走错了路，而由本能引导的更卑鄙的东西很少会误入歧途。

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Our civilization is still in a middle stage, scarcely beast, in that it is no longer wholly guided by instinct; scarcely human, in that it is not yet wholly guided by reason.

我们的文明仍处于中间阶段，几乎可以说是禽兽，因为它不再完全受本能的支配;几乎没有人性，因为它还没有完全被理性所引导。

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When I want to show the kind of meanness people are capable of, to make it believable I find I have to tone it down. It's in real life that people are over the top.

当我想要表现出人们能够做到的那种卑鄙的时候，为了让它可信，我发现我必须把它说得温和一些。在现实生活中，人们总是太过分了。

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Two things control men's nature, instinct and experience.

有两件事控制着人的天性，本能和经验。

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