The life and liberty and property and happiness of the common man throughout the world are at the absolute mercy of a few persons whom he has never seen, involved in complicated quarrels that he has never heard of.

  • -- George Gilbert Aime Murray 乔治·吉尔伯特·艾梅·默里

全世界普通人的生命、自由、财产和幸福完全掌握在少数几个人的手中,他们从未见过,也从未听说过复杂的争吵。

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Man's liberty ends, and it ought to end, when that liberty becomes the curse of its neighbors.

人的自由结束了,当这种自由成为它的邻居的诅咒时,它也应该结束。

Come, (my dear,) without any (more) quarrelling, sit down upon this pelisse.

来,(亲爱的)别吵了,坐到这件外衣上。

They say all marriages are made in heaven, but so are thunder and lightning.

人们说所有的婚姻都是天作之合,但打雷闪电也一样。

Happiness often sneaks in through a door you didn't know you left open.

快乐常常从一扇你不知道自己还开着的门溜进来。

He who wishes to live at Rome must not quarrel with the pope.

想住在罗马的人不能和教皇争吵。

Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.

大多数女性会原谅自由而不是轻视。