The point of civilization is to be civilized; the purpose of action is to perpetuate society, for only in society can philosophy truly take place.

文明的意义在于文明;行动的目的是使社会永存，因为哲学只有在社会中才能真正发生。

The problem of how we finance the welfare state should not obscure a separate issue: if each person thinks he has an inalienable right to welfare, no matter what happens to the world, that's not equity, it's just creating a society where you can't ask anything of people.

我们如何为福利国家提供资金的问题不应掩盖另一个单独的问题:如果每个人都认为自己拥有不可剥夺的福利权利，不管世界发生什么，那不是公平，而是创造一个你不能向人们提出任何要求的社会。

The product of the artist has become less important than the fact of the artist. We wish to absorb this person. We wish to devour someone who has experienced the tragic. In our society this person is much more important than anything he might create.

艺术家的作品已经不像艺术家的事实那么重要了。我们希望吸收这个人。我们希望吞掉那些经历过悲剧的人。在我们的社会中，这个人比他可能创造的任何东西都重要得多。

The progress of society is mainly the improvement in the condition of the workingmen of the world.

社会的进步主要是世界劳动者状况的改善。

The public school has become the established church of secular society.

公立学校已成为世俗社会的教会。

The question I asked Georges has now become a general one - You, who thought you were superfluous, who thought there was no place for you in society, not only are you not superfluous, you are needed and so those who were beggars become givers.

我问乔治的问题现在已经成为一个普遍的问题——你，你认为你是多余的，你认为你在社会上没有位置，你不仅不是多余的，你是被需要的，所以那些乞丐变成了给予者。

The question of the family now divides our society so deeply that the opposing sides cannot even agree on a definition of the institution they are arguing about.

家庭问题现在使我们的社会产生了如此深刻的分歧，对立的两方甚至无法就他们所争论的制度的定义达成一致意见。

The real problem is that the way that power is given out in our society pits us against each other.

真正的问题是，我们社会中权力的分配方式让我们彼此对立。

The reason why men enter into society is the preservation of their property.

男人进入社会的原因是保护他们的财产。

The rise or fall of wages is common to all states of society, whether it be the stationary, the advancing, or the retrograde state.

工资的上涨或下跌对所有的社会状态都是共同的，无论是稳定的、进步的还是倒退的状态。

The role of art in society differs for every artist.

艺术在社会中的作用因艺术家而异。

The runway symbolizes something in society that's very intimidating to women.

t台象征着社会上对女性来说非常可怕的东西。

The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom.

现在生活中最悲哀的一点是，科学收集知识的速度比社会收集智慧的速度还要快。

The safety and happiness of society are the objects at which all political institutions aim, and to which all such institutions must be sacrificed.

社会的安全与幸福是所有政治机构的目标，所有这些机构都必须为此作出牺牲。

The self is an oral society in which the present is constantly running a dialogue with the past and the future inside of one skin.

自我是一个口头的社会，在这个社会里，现在不断地与过去和未来在同一个皮肤里进行对话。