They that be slain with the sword are better than they that be slain with hunger: for these pine away, stricken through for want of the fruits of the field.

饿死的不如被刀杀的，因为这是缺了田间的土产，就身体衰弱，渐渐消灭。

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It was just reward for Portsmouth on the back of a spirited and ambitious approach that belied their stricken position off the field.

BBC: Burnley 1-2 Portsmouth

Because a once-proud, dynamic culture in the forefront of world civilizations, and still carrying a message of their own superiority to "infidels" today, is painfully visible to the whole world as a poverty-stricken and backward region, lagging far behind in virtually every field of human endeavor.

FORBES: The Good, Bad and Ugly