To be a poor man is hard, but to be a poor race in a land of dollars is the very bottom of hardships.

  • -- W. E. B. Du Bois W·E·B·杜波依斯

做一个穷人是困难的,但是在一个金钱的国度里做一个贫穷的民族是最困难的。

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All travellers who had preceded me into the Barren Grounds had relied on the abundant game, and in consequence suffered dreadful hardships; in some cases even starved to death.

所有在我之前来到这片贫瘠土地上的旅行者都依赖于丰富的野味,因此遭受了可怕的苦难;有时甚至饿死。

Modern poets talk against business, poor things, but all of us write for money. Beginners are subjected to trial by market.

现代诗人反对商业,可怜的东西,但我们都为钱写作。新手要接受市场的考验。

To a superior race of being the pretensions of mankind to extraordinary sanctity and virtue must seem... ridiculous.

对于一个优越的种族,作为人类对超凡圣洁和美德的自命不凡,似乎……荒谬。

Harmony with land is like harmony with a friend; you cannot cherish his right hand and chop off his left.

与土地和谐相处,犹如与朋友和谐相处;你不能既爱护他的右手,又砍掉他的左手。

Accordingly, one race is neither superior nor inferior to another.

因此,一个种族并不比另一个种族优越或低劣。

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

一个人不能仅仅凭希望就成为无神论者。

The man of virtuous soul commands not, nor obeys.

有美德的人不命令,也不服从。

You've got to aim high and see where you land.

你必须瞄准高处,看你在哪里着陆。

It is a sin to be poor.

贫穷是一种罪过。