The idea of copyright did not exist in ancient times, when authors frequently copied other authors at length in works of non-fiction. This practice was useful, and is the only way many authors' works have survived even in part.

  • -- Richard Stallman 理查德·史泰尔曼

版权的概念在古代并不存在,当时的作家经常在非小说类作品中大量抄袭其他作家的作品。这种做法是有用的,而且是许多作家的作品得以保存下来的唯一方法,甚至部分保存下来。

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The person who grieves suffers his passion to grow upon him; he indulges it, he loves it; but this never happens in the case of actual pain, which no man ever willingly endured for any considerable time.

悲伤的人忍受着他的激情在他身上生长;他纵容它,他爱它;但是,真正的痛苦从来没有发生过,没有人愿意忍受相当长的时间。

My ancestors wandered lost in the wilderness for forty years because even in biblical times, men would not stop to ask for directions.

我的祖先在旷野迷路了四十年,因为即使在圣经时代,人们也不会停下来问路。

I'm just like every other girl who likes to shop, likes to look good, likes to spend time with friends.

我和其他女孩一样,喜欢购物,喜欢打扮,喜欢和朋友在一起。

Let a nation's fervent thanks make some amends for the toils and sufferings of those who survive.

让一个国家的热烈感谢为幸存者的辛劳和痛苦作出一些补偿。

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

生活中有些时候,你不是抱怨,而是对自己的抱怨采取行动。

It doesn't matter how new an idea is: what matters is how new it becomes.

一个想法有多新颖并不重要:重要的是它变得有多新颖。

Most people have the wrong idea about me because I've been very private.

大多数人对我的看法是错误的,因为我一直很注重隐私。

I will survive: if the hell rejects me, there is always the paradise.

我会活下去:如果地狱拒绝我,天堂永远存在。