Every general increase of freedom is accompanied by some degeneracy, attributable to the same causes as the freedom.

  • -- Charles Horton Cooley 查尔斯·霍顿·库利

自由的每一次普遍增长都伴随着某种退化,其原因与自由相同。

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The door of conciliation and compromise is finally closed by our adversaries, and it remains only to us to meet the conflict with the dignity and firmness of men worthy of freedom.

和解与妥协的大门最终被我们的对手关闭,我们只剩下以配得上自由的人的尊严和坚定来应付冲突。

The notion that one will not survive a particular catastrophe is, in general terms, a comfort since it is equivalent to abolishing the catastrophe.

一般来说,认为一个人无法在特定的灾难中幸存下来的想法是一种安慰,因为这相当于废除了灾难。

Courtesy is only a thin veneer on the general selfishness.

礼貌只是一般自私的表面现象。

Don't let the man bring you down.

别让那个人把你打倒。