If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?

If men were basically evil, who would bother to improve the world instead of giving it up as a bad job at the outset?

如果人类本质上是邪恶的，那么谁还会费心去改善这个世界，而不是一开始就把它当作一份糟糕的工作而放弃呢?

-- Van Wyck Brooks 范·威克·布鲁克斯