We are certainly in a common class with the beasts; every action of animal life is concerned with seeking bodily pleasure and avoiding pain

  • -- Augustine of Hippo 河马的奥古斯丁

我们当然和野兽属于同一类;动物的每一个行为都与寻求身体的快乐和避免痛苦有关

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Spending only what the country can afford, rewarding savings, encouraging independence, supporting marriage: people know that these things are common sense.

只花国家负担得起的钱,奖励储蓄,鼓励独立,支持婚姻:人们知道这些都是常识。

The world is poised on the cusp of an economic and cultural shift as dramatic as that of the Industrial Revolution.

世界正处于一场与工业革命一样引人注目的经济和文化变革的风口浪尖。

For purposes of action nothing is more useful than narrowness of thought combined with energy of will.

就行动的目的而言,没有什么比狭隘的思想加上坚强的意志更有用的了。

Common sense often makes good law.

常识常成为好法律。