The whole force of the respectable circles to which I belonged, that respectable circle which knew as I did not the value of security won, the slender chance of replacing it if lost or abandoned, was against me.

  • -- Ida M. Tarbell 塔贝尔

我所属的那些体面的圈子里,那个体面的圈子里的所有人,那个我不知道安全的价值的圈子,都在反对我,他们知道,一旦失去或抛弃安全,就没有什么机会来代替它了。

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We have been abandoned by our own country. And he said, 'Yeah, mama, somebody's coming to get you. Somebody's coming to get you on Tuesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Wednesday. Somebody's coming to get you on Thursday. Somebody's coming to get you on Friday.' And she drowned Friday night.

我们被自己的国家抛弃了。他说,‘是的,妈妈,有人来接你了。星期二有人来接你。星期三有人来接你。星期四有人来接你。星期五有人来接你。星期五晚上她淹死了。

It means that Tao doesn't force or interfere with things, but lets them work in their own way, to produce results naturally. Then whatever needs to be done is done.

这意味着道并不强迫或干涉事物,而是让它们以自己的方式工作,自然地产生结果。然后需要做的都做了。

Every vice was once a virtue, and may become respectable again, just as hatred becomes respectable in wartime.

每一种恶行都曾是一种美德,并可能再次受到尊敬,就像战争时期的仇恨会受到尊敬一样。

A community begins to fall apart the moment it agrees to abandon the weakest of its members.

一个社区一旦同意抛弃其最弱小的成员,它就开始分崩离析。

The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.

普通人不想要自由。他只是想要安全。

My mother and I took over abandoned buildings to sleep in.

我和妈妈接管了废弃的建筑,睡在里面。

In the beginning, fear was the dominant motivating force.

起初,恐惧是主要的动力。

Danger is next neighbor to security.

危险是安全的近邻。