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None of God's Creatures absolutely consider'd are in their own Nature Contemptible; the meanest Fly, the poorest Insect has its Use and Vertue.

  • -- Mary Astell 艾斯泰尔

神所造的人，没有一个在本质上是可鄙的;最吝啬的苍蝇，最贫穷的昆虫也有它的用处和生命力。

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I think that the leaf of a tree, the meanest insect on which we trample, are in themselves arguments more conclusive than any which can be adduced that some vast intellect animates Infinity.

我认为，树叶，我们践踏过的最卑鄙的昆虫，其本身的论点比任何可以引证的论点都更具结论性，即某些巨大的智慧使无限充满活力。

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If we go on the way we have, the fault is our greed and if we are not willing to change, we will disappear from the face of the globe, to be replaced by the insect.

如果我们继续走我们已经走的路，错误是我们的贪婪，如果我们不愿意改变，我们将从地球上消失，被昆虫取代。

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When I look upon seamen, men of science and philosophers, man is the wisest of all beings; when I look upon priests and prophets nothing is as contemptible as man.

当我看到水手、科学家和哲学家时，人类是所有生物中最聪明的;我看祭司和先知，没有比人更可藐视的。

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There is something feeble and a little contemptible about a man who cannot face the perils of life without the help of comfortable myths.

一个人如果没有舒适的神话的帮助，就不能面对生活的危险，这人有一点软弱和可鄙。

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