Those who excel in virtue have the best right of all to rebel, but then they are of all men the least inclined to do so.

  • -- Aristotle 亚里士多德

美德超群的人最有权利造反,但他们是所有人中最不愿意造反的。

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Just as treasures are uncovered from the earth, so virtue appears from good deeds, and wisdom appears from a pure and peaceful mind. To walk safely through the maze of human life, one needs the light of wisdom and the guidance of virtue.

智慧从清洁和平安的心而生,好像百物从地里露出来一样。要安全地走过人生的迷宫,就需要智慧之光和美德的指引。

We believe in some basic human principles - everyone should have the opportunities not just to survive, but to excel with their God-given talents and abilities. Those are the values that should be reflected in our budgets.

我们相信一些基本的人类原则——每个人都应该有机会,不仅仅是生存,而是超越上帝赋予他们的天赋和能力。这些价值观应该反映在我们的预算中。

Job's forthright indictment of the injustice of this world is surely right. The ways of the world are weird and much more unpredictable than either scientists or theologians generally make things look.

约伯直率地控诉这个世界的不公,这当然是对的。世界的运行方式是奇怪的,比科学家或神学家通常认为的要不可预测得多。

Women must tell men always that they are the strong ones. They are the big, the strong, the wonderful. In truth, women are the strong ones. It is just my opinion, I am not a professor.

女人必须总是告诉男人,他们是强者。他们是伟大的,强大的,美妙的。事实上,女人是坚强的。这只是我的看法,我不是教授。

Moderation has been called a virtue to limit the ambition of great men, and to console undistinguished people for their want of fortune and their lack of merit.

节制被称为一种美德,它能限制伟人的野心,并能安慰平庸之辈,因为他们缺乏财富和优点。

I don't believe Jesus was the son of God, although I'm inclined to think he might have been a great prophet.

我不相信耶稣是神的儿子,虽然我倾向于认为他可能是一个伟大的先知。

I did rebel. I was the rebel in my family, because my dad wanted me to go and just travel with him.

我反抗。我是家里的叛逆者,因为我爸爸想让我和他一起去旅行。

War makes strange giant creatures out of us little routine men who inhabit the earth.

战争使我们这些住在地球上的平凡小人物变成了奇怪的庞然大物。

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

自由不是做我们喜欢做的事的权力,而是做我们应该做的事的权利。

Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.

当臣民违背原则时,国王将成为政策上的暴君。

At my age, you are naturally inclined towards teaching.

在我这个年纪,你自然倾向于教书。