It is the common fate of the indolent to see their rights become a prey to the active. The condition upon which God hath given liberty to man is eternal vigilance; which condition if he break, servitude is at once the consequence of his crime and the punishment of his guilt.

  • -- John Philpot Curran 约翰·菲尔波特·柯伦

懒汉的共同命运是看到他们的权利成为积极分子的牺牲品。上帝赋予人自由的条件是永远保持警惕;如果他打破了这一条件,奴役就是他犯罪的结果,也是对他罪行的惩罚。

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When people talk of the freedom of writing, speaking or thinking I cannot choose but laugh. No such thing ever existed. No such thing now exists; but I hope it will exist. But it must be hundreds of years after you and I shall write and speak no more.

当人们谈论写作、说话或思考的自由时,我只能笑。从来没有这样的东西存在过。现在不存在这样的东西;但我希望它会存在。但这一定是在你我不再写信和说话之后的几百年以后了。

Give to every other human being every right that you claim for yourself - that is my doctrine.

把你为自己要求的每一项权利都给予他人——这就是我的信条。

Whoever can protest against a wrong, and does not, will be punished.

谁能对错误提出抗议,而不提出抗议,谁就会受到惩罚。

He who prates much, lies much.

话多谎言多。