The only freedom which deserves the name is that of pursuing our own good, in our own way, so long as we do not attempt to deprive others of theirs, or impede their efforts to obtain it.

  • -- John Stuart Mill 约翰·斯图尔特·密尔

只有一种自由配得上这个名字,那就是以我们自己的方式追求我们自己的利益,只要我们不企图剥夺别人的利益,或妨碍他们为获得这种利益所作的努力。

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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.

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。

Everyone is entitled to his own opinion, but not to his own facts.

每个人都有权有自己的意见,但无权有自己的事实。

History is the great dust-heap... a pageant and not a philosophy.

历史是巨大的垃圾堆……一场盛会,而不是一种哲学。

Physics isn't the most important thing. Love is.

物理不是最重要的。爱是。