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My country has contrived for me the most insignificant office that ever the invention of man contrived or his imagination conceived.

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

我的国家为我安排了一个最微不足道的职位，这个职位是人类的发明或想象力所构想出来的。

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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but when I look at the subsequent developments I feel the credit is due to others rather than to myself.

伟大的发现和进步总是需要许多人的合作。我可能因为开辟了这条道路而受到赞扬，但当我看到后来的发展时，我觉得这是别人的功劳，而不是我自己的。

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Animals can adapt to problems and make inventions, but often no faster than natural selection can do its work - the world acts as its own simulator in the case of natural selection.

动物能够适应问题并做出发明，但往往并不比自然选择发挥作用的速度快——在自然选择的例子中，世界充当着自己的模拟器。

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Impeachment is not a remedy for private wrongs; it's a method of removing someone whose continued presence in office would cause grave danger to the nation.

弹劾不是对个人错误的补救;这是一种罢免那些继续执政会给国家带来严重危险的人的方法。

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I was losing interest in politics, when the repeal of the Missouri Compromise aroused me again. What I have done since then is pretty well known.

当密苏里妥协案的废除再次引起我的兴趣时，我对政治失去了兴趣。从那时起，我所做的一切都是众所周知的。

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I have an imagination because my life is so boring that my imagination lets me get off the reality of what's going on.

我有想象力，因为我的生活是如此的无聊，我的想象力让我摆脱了正在发生的事情的现实。

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The law is not thrust upon man; it rests deep within him, to waken when the call comes.

律法不是强加于人的。当召唤来的时候，唤醒他，这是他内心深处的渴望。

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He that minds his business at home, will not be accused of taking part in the fray.

在国内管好自己的事，就不会被指责参与这场纷争。

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I have not the smarts or patience for political office.

我没有从政的智慧和耐心。

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Imagination can create lies that duals truths.

想象力可以创造出谎言，而谎言又能使真理成为双刃剑。

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A man is capable of thought. A crowd is not.

一个人有思考的能力。人群则不然。

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