Justice is the insurance which we have on our lives and property. Obedience is the premium which we pay for it.

  • -- William Penn 威廉·佩恩

正义是我们生命和财产的保险。服从是我们为之付出的代价。

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Buyers of powerful cars place a high premium on the exhaust note, and manufacturers spend a lot of money getting it right. At the same time, high-end cars are expected to filter out the sounds of the mundane world.

购买功能强大的汽车的人会对排气问题给予很高的重视,而汽车制造商也会花很多钱来解决这个问题。与此同时,高端汽车有望过滤掉世俗世界的声音。

It is hard to imagine a more stupid or more dangerous way of making decisions than by putting those decisions in the hands of people who pay no price for being wrong.

很难想象有比把这些决定交给那些不为错误付出代价的人更愚蠢或更危险的决策方式了。

If things don't come easy, there is no premium on effort. There should be joy in the chase, zest in the pursuit.

如果事情不容易,努力是没有好处的。在追逐中应该有快乐,在追求中应该有热情。

Private property was the original source of freedom. It still is its main ballpark.

私有财产是自由的原始源泉。它仍然是它的主要球场。

Suffering and patience, obedience and application, help the lowly born to honour.

苦难、耐心、顺从和应用,帮助生来卑微的人获得荣耀。

Obedience is an act of faith; disobedience is the result of unbelief.

服从是一种信仰的行为;不顺服是不信的结果。

By appreciation, we make excellence in others our own property.

通过欣赏,我们使别人的优点成为我们自己的财产。

Great men always pay deference to greater.

伟人总是尊重伟人。