I would rather write for the instruction, or even the amusement of the poor than for the amusement of the rich.

  • -- Frederick Marryat 马里亚特

我宁愿为穷人的教育,甚至是为穷人的娱乐而写作,也不愿为富人的娱乐而写作。

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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

当然,如果知识是有价值的,那么在一个远比托斯卡纳富裕的国家里,允许像道尔顿这样的天才从事基础教育的苦差事,绝不可能是一个好的政策。

I met in the street a very poor young man who was in love. His hat was old, his coat worn, his cloak was out at the elbows, the water passed through his shoes, - and the stars through his soul.

我在街上遇见一个非常贫穷的年轻人,他正在谈恋爱。他的帽子是旧的,他的外套是旧的,他的披风的肘部已经露出来了,水从他的鞋子里流过,星星也从他的灵魂里流过。

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.

任何国家的知识状况将对其所采用的一般教学制度产生直接影响,这是一项显而易见的原则,不需要进行调查。

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

让我们读书,让我们跳舞;这两种娱乐方式对世界是无害的。

The mind ought sometimes to be diverted that it may return to better thinking.

头脑有时应该转移一下,以便能回到更好的思考中去。

Satan is wiser now than before, and tempts by making rich instead of poor.

撒但现在比从前更有智慧,他诱惑人,使人富足,不叫人贫穷。