Faith, to my mind, is a stiffening process, a sort of mental starch.

  • -- E. M. Forster E·M·福斯特

在我看来,信仰是一个僵化的过程,是一种精神的淀粉。

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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则,即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风,但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利,而平等的法律必须保护这些权利,侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

Any profession of faith…entrusts the mind and heart to a truth that cannot be proven but can be lived.

任何信仰的职业……都把心灵托付给一个无法证明却可以活下去的真理。

Great feelings will often take the aspect of error, and great faith the aspect of illusion.

伟大的感情常表现为错误,伟大的信仰常表现为幻想。

Vodka does not ease back pain. But it does get your mind off it.

伏特加不能缓解背痛。但它确实能让你忘记它。