In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

实际上,是追随,而不是强迫公众的意愿;立法的真正目的是为社会的普遍意识指明方向、提供形式、提供技术服装和给予具体的制裁。

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An individual who breaks a law that conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.

一个人如果违反了良心告诉他是不公正的法律,并且心甘情愿地接受监禁的惩罚,以唤起社会对其不公正的良心,那么他实际上是在表达对法律的最高尊重。

For him to give as regularly as he has over the years, it shows that Mr. Pierce is very concerned about doing what he can to take care of the people in this community.

皮尔斯多年来一直定期捐款,这表明他非常关心尽他所能来照顾这个社区的人们。

What is public history but a register of the successes and disappointments, the vices, the follies and the quarrels of those who engage in contention for power.

什么是公共历史?它不过是那些参与权力争夺者的成功与失望、罪恶、愚蠢和争吵的记录。

It's against type in the sense of my background, but it's with type in the sense that I am a loner who's new to this business and sceptical about a lot of it.

从我的背景来看,这是不合类型的,但从我是一个独行侠的角度来看,这是符合类型的。

Look thy last on all things lovely, Every hour - let no night Seal thy sense in deathly slumber Till to delight Thou hast paid thy utmost blessing.

每时每刻,最后看一眼一切可爱的东西吧——不要让黑夜把你的意识封闭在死亡的睡眠中,直到你为它付出了最大的祝福。

One of the devices of the evil inclination is to turn our attention away from the present by heightening our anticipation of the future.

邪恶倾向的手段之一是通过提高我们对未来的预期来转移我们对现在的注意力。

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.

宁可为自己写作而没有公众,也不要为公众写作而没有自我。