If he who employs coercion against me could mould me to his purposes by argument, no doubt he would. He pretends to punish me because his argument is strong; but he really punishes me because his argument is weak.

  • -- William Godwin 威廉·葛德文

如果对我采取胁迫手段的人能通过辩论使我达到他的目的,毫无疑问,他会的。他假装要惩罚我,因为他的论据很充分;但他真的惩罚了我,因为他的论点站不住脚。

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Job's avoidance of rebellion against God has nothing to do with God being good or wise or anything like that; it's strictly because God is so powerful, and you don't fight something when you are so much weaker than that which you would fight.

约伯避免悖逆神与神的良善、智慧或类似的事无关;严格地说,这是因为上帝是如此强大,当你比你想要战斗的东西弱得多的时候,你就不会去战斗。

Coercion may prevent many transgressions; but it robs even actions which are legal of a part of their beauty. Freedom may lead to many transgressions, but it lends even to vices a less ignoble form.

胁迫可以防止许多违法行为;但它甚至剥夺了合法行为的一部分美。自由可能导致许多罪过,但它甚至给罪恶带来一种不那么可耻的形式。

I can't judge any of you. I have no malice against you and no ribbons for you. But I think that it is high time that you all start looking at yourselves, and judging the lie that you live in.

我不能评判你们中的任何一个。我对你没有恶意,对你也没有丝带。但我认为,现在是你们开始审视自己、评判你们所生活的谎言的时候了。

Oh! Let us never, never doubt What nobody is sure about.

哦!让我们永远、永远不要怀疑没有人确定的事情。

A law is not a law without coercion behind it.

法律不是没有强制的法律。

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

相信比怀疑容易。