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We who are liberal and progressive know that the poor are our equals in every sense except that of being equal to us.

  • -- Lionel Trilling 特里林

我们这些自由进步的人知道，穷人与我们在任何意义上都是平等的，除了与我们平等之外。

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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

多年前，我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系，我下定决心，我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过，现在也说过，只要有下层阶级，我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分，我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里，我就没有自由。

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The only part of the conduct of anyone for which he is amenable to society is that which concerns others. In the part which merely concerns himself, his independence is, of right, absolute. Over himself, over his own body and mind, the individual is sovereign.

一个人的行为中，唯一能使他对社会顺从的部分，就是与他人有关的部分。就他自己而言，他的独立性是绝对的，是正确的。对他自己，对他自己的身体和思想，个人是至高无上的。

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Real equality is immensely difficult to achieve, it needs continual revision and monitoring of distributions. And it does not provide buffers between members, so they are continually colliding or frustrating each other.

真正的平等是非常难以实现的，它需要不断地修订和监测分布。而且它不提供成员之间的缓冲区，因此它们之间不断地发生冲突或相互干扰。

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I was lucky to come from a difficult area. It teaches you not just about football but also life. There were lots of kids from different races and poor families. People had to struggle to get through the day.

我很幸运来自一个困难的地区。它不仅教你足球，还教你生活。有许多来自不同种族和贫困家庭的孩子。人们不得不挣扎着度过这一天。

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I don't know about liberal bias, but people of a liberal mentality are probably attracted in greater numbers to the arts than people of a conservative mentality.

我不知道自由主义的偏见是什么，但是有自由主义思想的人可能比有保守思想的人更容易被艺术所吸引。

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A dog is like a liberal. He wants to please everybody. A cat really doesn't need to know that everybody loves him.

狗就像一个自由主义者。他想取悦所有人。猫真的不需要知道每个人都爱它。

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Reform is affirmative, conservatism negative; conservatism goes for comfort, reform for truth.

改革是肯定的，保守主义是否定的;保守主义追求舒适，改革追求真理。

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There is hope for the future because God has a sense of humor and we are funny to God.

未来是有希望的，因为上帝有幽默感，我们是有趣的上帝。

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Life is a banquet, and most poor suckers are starving to death.

生活是一场盛宴，大多数可怜的傻瓜都快饿死了。

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One doesn't have a sense of humor. It has you.

一个人没有幽默感。它有你。

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