It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.

  • -- Hannah Arendt 阿伦特

众所周知,最激进的革命者在革命后的第一天就会变成保守派。

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Tell a man whose house is on fire to give a moderate alarm; tell him to moderately rescue his wife from the hands of the ravisher; tell the mother to gradually extricate her babe from the fire into which it has fallen; but urge me not to use moderation.

告诉一个房子着火的人,适度地发出警报;告诉他适度地把他的妻子从掠夺者手中救出来;告诉母亲要慢慢地把她的孩子从它掉进去的火里救出来;但请敦促我不要使用节制。

There was a point when I was so sick of this physical perfection thing that I thought it would be good for all young girls to eat burgers and sweets as a rebellion but I don't think that anymore because it's not healthy.

曾经有一段时间,我非常讨厌这种完美的身体,我认为所有的年轻女孩都应该吃汉堡和糖果作为一种叛逆,但我不再这样认为了,因为这是不健康的。

The master's tools will never dismantle the master's house. They may allow us temporarily to beat him at his own game, but they will never allow us to bring about genuine change.

主人的工具永远拆不开主人的房子。他们可能允许我们暂时在他自己的游戏中打败他,但他们永远不会允许我们带来真正的改变。

There are two kinds of fools: one says, "This is old, therefore it is good"; the other says, "This is new, therefore it is better."

傻瓜有两种:一种说:“这是旧的,所以是好的。”另一个说:“这是新的,所以更好。”

A conservative is a man with two perfectly good legs who, however, has never learned how to walk forward.

一个保守的人有两条完美的腿,然而,从来没有学会如何向前走。

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act.

在一个普遍存在欺骗的时代,讲真话变成了一种革命性的行为。