Posted on 2006-11-30 21:05
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"It is almost a law of history that the same wealth that generates a civilization announces its decay. For wealth produce ease as well as
art; it softens a people to the ways of luxury and peace and invites invasion from stronger arms and hungrier mouths."
- Will Durant
Our Oriental Heritage (The Story of Civilization, Vol.1)
这是Will Durant所著的《世界文明史》（第一卷）东方文明遗产中的一段精辟的论断：“这几乎是历史的定律：产生了某个文明的同一笔财富也宣告了这个文明的衰败，因为财富带来安逸和艺术，它使一个民族在享乐和太平中变得软弱，招致更加强壮且饱受饥饿之苦的外敌入侵。”
// 翻译的不好，只为大家能够明白大致意思。