This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.

  • -- Adam Weishaupt 维斯豪普特

这就是这个协会提出的伟大目标;达到这一目的的方法是光明,用理性的阳光照亮理智,它将驱散迷信和偏见的阴霾。

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For it is mutual trust, even more than mutual interest that holds human associations together. Our friends seldom profit us but they make us feel safe. Marriage is a scheme to accomplish exactly that same end.

因为正是相互信任,甚至比共同利益更能把人与人之间的关系维系在一起。我们的朋友很少对我们有益,但他们使我们感到安全。婚姻就是为了达到同样的目的。

Man's mind is like a store of idolatry and superstition; so much so that if a man believes his own mind it is certain that he will forsake God and forge some idol in his own brain.

人的心是偶像崇拜和迷信的仓库;甚至如果一个人相信他自己的思想,他一定会抛弃上帝,在自己的头脑中铸造一些偶像。

I had only one superstition. I made sure to touch all the bases when I hit a home run.

我只有一个迷信。当我打出全垒打时,我一定要触到所有的垒。

History is not a burden on the memory but an illumination of the soul.

历史不是记忆的负担,而是心灵的启迪。