Verily, a polluted stream is man. One must be a sea, to receive a polluted stream without becoming impure.英文原著 · 《Thus Spake Zarathustra》
Peter Stockmann. Unfortunately, that is an extremely difficult question to answer, Mr. Aslaksen. But what would you have us do? Do you suppose we shall have a single visitor in the town, if we go about proclaiming that our water is polluted, that we are living over a plague spot, that the entire town--英文原著 · 《An Enemy of the People》
Nor does the better-than-thou woman realize the apologist claim of Lecky that "though she may be the supreme type of vice, she is also the most efficient guardian of virtue. But for her, happy homes would be polluted, unnatural and harmful practice would abound."英文原著 · 《Anarchism and Other Essays》
"They again that think that the Earth is a goddess have gone astray. We behold it dishonoured, mastered, defiled and rendered useless by mankind. If it be baked by the sun, it becometh dead, for nothing groweth from a potsherd. And again, if it be soaked overmuch, it rotteth, fruit and all. It is trodden under foot of men and the residue of the beasts: it is polluted with the blood of the murdered, it is digged and made a grave for dead bodies. This being so, Earth can in no wise be a goddess, but only the work of God for the use of men.英文原著 · 《Barlaam and Ioasaph》
"They that think that Water is a god have gone astray. It also hath been made for the use of men. It is under their lordship: it is polluted, and perisheth: it is altered by boiling, by dyeing, by congealment, or by being brought to the cleansing of all defilements. Wherefore Water cannot be a god, but only the work of God.英文原著 · 《Barlaam and Ioasaph》
"In vain, O Lady," said he, "hast thou made this hard request. For though I earnestly care for thy salvation, and long to heave thee from the depth of perdition, yet to pollute my body through unclean union is grievous for me, and utterly impossible."英文原著 · 《Barlaam and Ioasaph》
Every company you sold off today will likely fold, and that market share will go right back to the polluters, the child labor employers, the people we committed to taking down.美剧 · 《Billions》
And when the Delaware river is less polluted than it's been in 50 years... it's holding up a real glass of its water and seeing how clear it is.美剧 · 《House of Cards》
Adventure? We are throwing dog tags into an already polluted ocean where they will probably choke an otter.美剧 · 《Modern Family》
That'd be sweet--if your ovaries are polluted, then you can screw without protection till you're old.美剧 · 《Shameless》