I therefore beg that you would indulge me with the liberty of declining the arduous trust.

  • -- Christopher Gadsden 克里斯托弗·加兹登

因此,我请求你允许我放弃这一艰巨的任务。

相关名言

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

人是自由的;然而,我们不能认为他可以随心所欲地做任何事情,因为一旦他允许自己的行为受到激情的支配,他就会变成一个奴隶。

There has to be so many other ways of approaching airline security than demeaning ourselves by giving up a lot of our dignities and our liberty to do this.

除了放弃我们的尊严和这样做的自由来贬低我们自己之外,还有很多其他途径来接近航空安全。

Women weren't to be trusted. Or forgiven. Men weren't to be trusted either. Not a woman alive would dispute that.

女人是不可信的。或原谅。男人也不可信。没有一个活着的女人会否认这一点。

And I trusted someone to look after me on the business side of life.

我相信有人会在生活的商业方面照顾我。