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)
這是Will Durant所著的《世界文明史》（第一卷）東方文明遺產中的一段精辟的論斷：“這幾乎是歷史的定律：產生了某個文明的同一筆財富也宣告了這個文明的衰敗，因為財富帶來安逸和藝術，它使一個民族在享樂和太平中變得軟弱，招致更加強壯且飽受饑餓之苦的外敵入侵。”
// 翻譯的不好，只為大家能夠明白大致意思。