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Animals, in their generation, are wiser than the sons of men; but their wisdom is confined to a few particulars, and lies in a very narrow compass.

  • -- Joseph Addison 约瑟夫·艾迪生

动物所处的时代比人类聪明;但是他们的智慧局限于一些细节，而且局限在一个非常狭窄的范围内。

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让我们的音乐为数百万人打开大门……这种音乐不会让人们只想到歌曲，甚至是歌手……而不是局限于个人的音乐。

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Mumford and Sons and Adele are both incredible artists and are great for popular music. There's a lot of club music with heavy beats, so to have that Mumford record and hear banjos being used is so cool.

芒福德、儿子们和阿黛尔都是不可思议的艺术家，都是流行音乐的大师。有很多节奏很重的俱乐部音乐，所以有芒福德的唱片，听到人们使用五弦琴，真是太酷了。

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There is no 'need' for us to eat meat, dairy or eggs. Indeed, these foods are increasingly linked to various human diseases and animal agriculture is an environmental disaster for the planet.

我们没有必要吃肉、奶制品或鸡蛋。事实上，这些食物越来越多地与各种人类疾病联系在一起，而畜牧业对地球来说是一场环境灾难。

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The martyr sacrifices themselves entirely in vain. Or rather not in vain; for they make the selfish more selfish, the lazy more lazy, the narrow narrower.

烈士们白白牺牲了自己。或者更确切地说，不是徒劳无功;因为他们使自私的人更自私，使懒惰的人更懒惰，使狭窄的人更狭窄。

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No one should be ashamed to admit they are wrong, which is but saying, in other words, that they are wiser today than they were yesterday.

没有人应该羞于承认他们错了，换句话说，他们今天比昨天更聪明。

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A son could bear complacently the death of his father while the loss of his inheritance might drive him to despair.

儿子可以沾沾自喜地忍受父亲的死亡，而失去遗产则可能使他绝望。

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It is far more important to me to preserve an unblemished conscience than to compass any object however great.

对我来说，保持纯洁的良心远比指导任何伟大的目标重要。

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But Satan now is wiser than of yore, and tempts by making rich, not making poor.

但如今撒但比从前更有智慧，他诱惑人是要得人的钱财，不是要得人的贫穷。

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Middle age is when your broad mind and narrow waist begin to change places.

中年是你宽阔的心胸和细腰开始发生变化的时候。

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Be a good animal, true to your animal instincts.

做一个好动物，忠于你的动物本能。

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What luck for the rulers that men do not think.

统治者多么幸运啊，这是人们想不到的。

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The world knows nothing of its greatest men.

世人对伟人一无所知。

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