All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

-- John Quincy Adams 约翰·昆西·亚当斯

只要有可能，所有的人都声称自己是诚实的。相信所有人都诚实是愚蠢的。相信没有这样的人更糟糕。

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Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

他们中有些人自称对哥伦比亚号的所有主要水域都很熟悉，他们向我保证，除了大海，这些水域没有别的联系。

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Every actual State is corrupt. Good men must not obey laws too well.

每个实际的国家都是腐败的。好人不能太遵守法律。

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He who treats himself has a fool for a patient.

自视甚高的人，也会愚弄病人。

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Believe in your flyness, conquer your shyness.

相信你的飞翔，克服你的羞怯。

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I believe in cooperating for the common good.

我相信为了共同的利益而合作。

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It is better to be a beggar than a fool.

宁为乞丐，不为愚人。

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Men are irrelevant.

男人是无关紧要的。

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