No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.

  • -- Seneca the Younger 塞内卡

凡属肉体的人,没有一个是自由的。

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It is doubtful whether mankind are most indebted to those who like Bacon and Butler dig the gold from the mine of literature, or to those who, like Paley, purify it, stamp it, fix its real value, and give it currency and utility.

值得怀疑的是,人类是否最感激那些像培根和巴特勒那样从文学宝库中挖掘黄金的人,还是最感激那些像佩利那样净化它、盖章、确定它的真正价值并赋予它货币和效用的人。

When a good man lends himself to the advocacy of slavery, he must, at least for a time, feel himself to be any where but at home, amongst his new thoughts, doctrines, and modes of reasoning.

当一个好人投身于奴隶制的倡导时,他必须至少在一段时间内,在他的新思想、学说和推理模式中,感到自己除了在家里之外,什么地方都是自在的。

I say to mankind, Be not curious about God. For I, who am curious about each, am not curious about God - I hear and behold God in every object, yet understand God not in the least.

我告诉人类,不要对上帝感到好奇。我是凡事察验的、却不察验神。我凡事听见看见神、却不明白神的意思。

The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Don't store unnecessary data, keep an eye on what's happening, and don't take unnecessary risks.

自由的代价是永远保持警惕。不要存储不必要的数据,关注正在发生的事情,不要冒不必要的风险。

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

人不是环境的创造物,环境是人的创造物。我们是自由的个体,人比物质更强大。

Slaves would be tyrants were the chance theirs

如果机会属于他们,奴隶就会成为暴君