The sign of a good society is one that protect its weakest. The strong can always look after themselves.

一个良好社会的标志是保护其最弱小的群体。强者总能照顾好自己。

The society which scorns excellence in plumbing as a humble activity and tolerates shoddiness in philosophy because it is an exalted activity will have neither good plumbing nor good philosophy: neither its pipes nor its theories will hold water.

如果一个社会轻视优秀的管道工程，认为它是一项卑贱的活动，而容忍粗制滥造的哲学，因为它是一项崇高的活动，那么这个社会既没有好的管道工程，也没有好的哲学:它的管道和它的理论都站不住脚。

The stage of the development of the productive forces determines the political and ideological superstructure of society which are crystallized into a system of social organization.

生产力发展的阶段决定了社会的政治上层建筑和思想上层建筑，社会上层建筑形成社会组织体系。

The trouble is it's very difficult to pin-point the most important thing because Aids affects everyone in different levels of society, differently and you have to respond to it differently.

问题是很难指出最重要的事情，因为艾滋病影响着社会不同阶层的每个人，你必须做出不同的反应。

The trouble with the rat race is that even if you win, you're still a rat.

老鼠赛跑的问题是，即使你赢了，你仍然是一只老鼠。

The truth is, I think we are a self-less society, not a selfish society. Because we're so busy now.

事实上，我认为我们是一个没有自我的社会，而不是一个自私的社会。因为我们现在很忙。

The value of a dollar is social, as it is created by society.

一美元的价值是社会性的，因为它是由社会创造的。

The very idea of marriage is basic to recognition as equals in our society; any status short of that is inferior, unjust, and unconstitutional.

在我们的社会中，婚姻观念是平等的基础;任何低于这一标准的地位都是低下的、不公平的、违宪的。

The whole system of society tells you what to do.

整个社会系统告诉你该做什么。

The wise person often shuns society for fear of being bored.

聪明人常常因为害怕无聊而回避社交。

The world is governed more by appearance than realities so that it is fully as necessary to seem to know something as to know it.

世界更多地是由表象而非现实所支配，因此，似乎知道某件事和了解它一样是完全必要的。

There are few better measures of the concern a society has for its individual members and its own well being than the way it handles criminals.

在衡量一个社会对其个人成员和自身福祉的关注方面，没有什么比它处理罪犯的方式更好的方法了。

There can be no keener revelation of a society's soul than the way in which it treats its children.

没有什么比一个社会对待孩子的方式更能揭示这个社会的灵魂了。

There couldn't be a society of people who didn't dream. They'd be dead in two weeks.

不可能有一个没有梦想的社会。他们两周后就会死。

There is a real diversity of talent and background on the A list so as to better reflect our society in all walks. There are people who have been candidates before, Councillors, Doctors, business leaders, charity campaigners.

为了更好地反映我们社会的方方面面，榜单上的人才和背景可谓五花八门。有些人曾经是候选人，议员，医生，商业领袖，慈善活动家。