While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

虽然文明一直在改善我们的住房,但它并没有同样改善住在其中的人。它创造了宫殿,但创造贵族和国王并不容易。

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Civilization is so hard on the body that some have called it a disease, despite the arts that keep puny bodies alive to a greater average age, and our greater protection from contagious and germ diseases.

文明对身体的要求是如此之高,以至于有些人把它称为一种疾病,尽管艺术能让弱小的身体活到更大的平均年龄,也能更好地保护我们免受传染病和细菌性疾病的侵害。

My philosophy from day one is that I can sleep better at night if I can improve an individual's knowledge about food and wine, and do it on a daily basis.

从第一天起,我的人生哲学就是,如果我能提高一个人对食物和酒的知识,并且每天都能做到,那么我晚上就能睡得更好。

I always work with a goal - and the goal is to improve as a player and a person. That, finally, is the most important thing of all.

我总是带着一个目标工作,而这个目标就是作为一名球员和一个人不断进步。最后,这是最重要的。

We've arranged a civilization in which most crucial elements profoundly depend on science and technology.

我们已经安排了一个文明,在这个文明中,最重要的元素都深深地依赖于科学和技术。