Revolutions are the produce of passion, not of sober and tranquil reason.

  • -- William Godwin 威廉·葛德文

革命是激情的产物,而不是清醒和平静的理性的产物。

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One's age should be tranquil, as childhood should be playful. Hard work at either extremity of life seems out of place. At midday the sun may burn, and men labor under it; but the morning and evening should be alike calm and cheerful.

一个人的年龄应该是平静的,童年应该是好玩的。在生活的任何一端努力工作似乎都不合适。正午,太阳要晒伤,人要在太阳底下劳苦。但是早晨和晚上应该一样平静和愉快。

The other reason that I am here today, again from the State Department and from the court record of the court of appeals, is that when I am abroad I speak out against the injustices against the Negro people of this land.

我今天来到这里的另一个原因,同样来自国务院和上诉法院的法庭记录,是当我在国外时,我大声疾呼反对这片土地上对黑人的不公正。

Thus, that one can find no place to walk through the breadth of the earth is not because the earth is not tranquil but because the danger to every step of the traveler lies generally with words.

因此,一个人找不到地方走过地球的宽度不是因为地球不平静,而是因为危险的旅行者的每一步通常在于文字。

I do not see any reason why they should not be given the means to give their teachers just as high an education as is secured by attendance at the Protestant schools.

我看不出有什么理由不让他们有办法给他们的教师提供与新教学校一样高的教育。

Anybody who's serious about their passion in life gets doors slammed in their face, literally and figuratively.

任何认真对待自己生活激情的人,无论从字面上还是象征意义上,都会被拒之门外。

What the public wants is the image of passion, not passion itself.

公众想要的是激情的形象,而不是激情本身。