Well, the polis straightens out crooked judgments, "gentles the swollen ambitions and puts an end to acts of divisional strife.

城邦平反了,歪曲不公的裁决,驯服了膨胀贪婪的野心,终结了分裂和冲突

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He says,"provincials are like mold, burrowing in their little plots, or frogs at the bottom of their puddles, engaged in sordid, trivial rivalries, moved by petty jealousies, avarice and material interests.

他说,乡下人就像模子里刻出来的,在他们的自留地里乱挖一气,或者在泥浆里面挖青蛙,从事着肮脏,没什么竞争性的工作,为嫉妒,贪婪和物欲所驱动

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