It is true that men themselves made this world of nations... but this world without doubt has issued from a mind often diverse, at times quite contrary, and always superior to the particular ends that men had proposed to themselves.

  • -- Giambattista Vico 维科

的确,人类自己创造了这个由民族组成的世界……但是,毫无疑问,这个世界产生于一种思想,这种思想往往是多样化的,有时是完全相反的,而且总是超越人们向自己提出的特定目标。

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Contrary to the popular misconception, the actor is not necessarily a specialist in imitating or portraying what he knows about other people. On the contrary, the actor may simply be a person who's more willing than others to reveal some truths about himself.

与普遍的误解相反,演员不一定是模仿或描绘他所了解的他人的专家。相反,演员可能只是一个比其他人更愿意透露一些关于自己的真相的人。

Acceptance of one's life has nothing to do with resignation; it does not mean running away from the struggle. On the contrary, it means accepting it as it comes, with all the handicaps of heredity, of suffering, of psychological complexes and injustices.

接受一个人的生活与顺从无关;这并不意味着逃避斗争。相反,它意味着接受它的本来面目,带有遗传、痛苦、心理复杂和不公正的所有障碍。

Paris is one of the most beautiful places in all the world. Unfortunately, I was so homesick I couldn't appreciate its beauty.

巴黎是世界上最美丽的地方之一。不幸的是,我是如此想家,我不能欣赏它的美丽。

You will find that the State is the kind of organization which, though it does big things badly, does small things badly, too.

你会发现,国家是这样一种组织,它做大事做得不好,做小事也做得不好。

It is well to learn from the errors of others, since there is not time enough to make all of them by yourself.

从别人的错误中学习是很好的,因为没有足够的时间让自己犯所有的错误。

It would be a swell world if everybody was as pleasant as the fellow who's trying to skin you.

如果每个人都像那个想剥你皮的家伙一样友好,那将是一个美好的世界。

It's time we permanently repeal the tax on possessions that people leave to their children.

是时候永久废除人们留给子女的财产税了。

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

与所有国家通商,不与任何国家结盟,应该是我们的座右铭。