If the misery of the poor be caused not by the laws of nature, but by our institutions, great is our sin.

  • -- Charles Darwin 查尔斯·达尔文

如果穷人的痛苦不是由自然法则造成的,而是由我们的制度造成的,那么我们的罪就太大了。

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Part of every misery is, so to speak, the misery's shadow or reflection: the fact that you don't merely suffer but have to keep on thinking about the fact that you suffer. I not only live each endless day in grief, but live each day thinking about living each day in grief.

可以说,每一种痛苦的一部分都是痛苦的影子或反映:你不仅要受苦,而且必须不断地思考你受苦的事实。我不仅在无尽的悲伤中度过每一天,而且在每一天都想着在悲伤中度过每一天。

People of substance may sin without being exposed for their stolen pleasure; but servants and the poorer sort of women have seldom an opportunity of concealing a big belly, or at least the consequences of it.

有钱财的人犯罪,却不显露自己的快乐;但是仆人和较穷的女人很少有机会隐藏自己的大肚子,或者至少隐藏大肚子带来的后果。

But I, being poor, have only my dreams. I lay them at your feet... Tread softly; for you tread on my dreams.

但是我很穷,只有我的梦想。我把它们放在你的脚下……轻轻地踏过;因为你踩着我的梦。

All men are not created equal but should be treated as though they were under the law.

并非所有人生来平等,而是应该像对待法律一样对待他们。

It's not hard to marginalize people when they've already done it to themselves.

当人们已经这样做的时候,将他们边缘化并不难。

August, the summer's last messenger of misery, is a hollow actor.

八月,夏季最后一个不幸的信使,是一个空洞的演员。

The jury has the right to determine both the law and the facts.

陪审团有权决定法律和事实。

Excellence is to do a common thing in an uncommon way.

卓越就是以不平凡的方式做平凡的事。

By that sin fell the angels.

天使就因这罪仆倒。

Excellence always sells.

卓越总是卖。