The brutalities of progress are called revolutions. When they are over we realize this: that the human race has been roughly handled, but that it has advanced.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

进步的残酷被称为革命。当它们结束时,我们意识到:人类受到了粗暴的对待,但它已经进步了。

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Every step and every movement of the multitude, even in what are termed enlightened ages, are made with equal blindness to the future; and nations stumble upon establishments, which are indeed the result of human action, but not the execution of any human design.

群众的每一步每一个动作,即使在所谓开明的时代,对未来也同样是盲目的;国家偶然发现了制度,这确实是人类行为的结果,但不是人类设计的结果。

Through art and science in their broadest senses it is possible to make a permanent contribution towards the improvement and enrichment of human life and it is these pursuits that we students are engaged in.

通过最广泛意义上的艺术和科学,有可能为改善和丰富人类生活作出永久的贡献,而我们学生从事的正是这些追求。

If a race has no history, if it has no worthwhile tradition, it becomes a negligible factor in the thought of the world, and it stands in danger of being exterminated.

如果一个民族没有历史,没有有价值的传统,它就会成为世界思想中一个微不足道的因素,它就有被消灭的危险。

The more sophisticated we get, the more advanced our buildings and vehicles become, the more vulnerable we are.

我们变得越复杂,我们的建筑和交通工具变得越先进,我们就越脆弱。

If you want to win a race you have to go a little berserk.

如果你想赢得比赛,你就得有点疯狂。

A naughty child must be roughly rocked.

一个顽皮的孩子必须被粗暴地摇晃。