The metropolis reveals itself as one of those great historical formations in which opposing streams which enclose life unfold, as well as join one another with equal right.

  • -- Georg Simmel 齐美尔

大都市展现了自己作为一个伟大的历史形成,在其中对立的溪流包围着生活展开,并以平等的权利连接在一起。

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Why has not anyone seen that fossils alone gave birth to a theory about the formation of the earth, that without them, no one would have ever dreamed that there were successive epochs in the formation of the globe.

为什么没有人看到化石本身就产生了一种关于地球形成的理论呢?如果没有化石,没有人会想到地球的形成会有连续的时代。

Fable is more historical than fact, because fact tells us about one man and fable tells us about a million men.

寓言比事实更具有历史意义,因为事实告诉我们关于一个人的事,而寓言告诉我们关于一百万人的事。

A historical romance is the only kind of book where chastity really counts.

历史上的浪漫小说是唯一一种贞操真正重要的书。