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。

I asked, 'What is this guy?' They said, he's part-fish, part-bird, maybe a bit of lizard, and you don't have to go through five hours of makeup to play him. That was good enough for me.

我问,‘这家伙是干什么的?他们说,他是半鱼半鸟,也许还有点蜥蜴的味道,你不需要化五个小时的妆就能扮演他。这对我来说已经足够好了。

Love has its own instinct, finding the way to the heart, as the feeblest insect finds the way to its flower, with a will which nothing can dismay nor turn aside.

爱有它自己的本能,找到通往心灵的路,就像最软弱的昆虫找到通往它花朵的路一样。

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。