Reform is born of need, not pity.

  • -- Rebecca Harding Davis 丽贝卡·戴维斯

改革源于需要,而不是怜悯。

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As human beings, our greatness lies not so much in being able to remake the world -- that is the myth of the atomic age -- as in being able to remake ourselves.

作为人类,我们的伟大不在于能够改造世界——这是原子时代的神话——而在于能够改造我们自己。

He who reforms himself has done more toward reforming the public than a crowd of noisy, impotent patriots.

改革自己的人在改革公众方面比一群吵吵嚷嚷、无能为力的爱国者做得更多。