He quoted the great lines of Aeschylus about pain bringing wisdom, against our will, through the awful grace of God.

他援引埃斯库罗斯的著名句子说，与我们所预想的不同，通过上帝令人敬畏的恩典，悲伤的痛苦会给人带来智慧。

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He wrote: "In our sleep, pain which cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart until, in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom through the awful grace of God."

他写道：“在我们的睡梦中，不能忘怀的痛苦一点一滴地落在心头，直到我们在自己的绝望中，明智违背我们的意愿受上帝庄严的感召来临。”

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Our policies have to be judged against a clear test: will it improve the standard of education?

我们的政策得比照一个明确的检验，即会提高教育水准吗？

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And we've all been in this, where we know that it's shameful to look at this, just drive on, as Socrates would say " "mind your own business," and yet at the same time we feel, even against our will, compelled to look and think about that.

而我们都经历过这码子事，我们都明白那是不道德的人才看，我们本应继续驶离，就像苏格拉底会说的,“管好你自己的事“,但同时我们就算是违意，仍不得不看，并满脑子想着要看。

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And even in our sleep pain that cannot forget falls drop by drop upon the heart, and in our own despair, against our will, comes wisdom to us by the awful grace of God.

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