Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.

  • -- Oscar Wilde 奥斯卡王尔德

在任何读过历史的人看来,不服从是人的本性。进步是通过不服从,通过不服从和反叛取得的。

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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。

In marriage do thou be wise: prefer the person before money, virtue before beauty, the mind before the body; then thou hast a wife, a friend, a companion, a second self.

在婚姻中,你要明智:宁可为人而不顾金钱,宁愿美德而不顾美貌,宁愿思想而不顾身体;那么你就有了妻子、朋友、伴侣和第二个自我。

Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.

明智的不满是文明的主要源泉。进步源于激荡。它是躁动或停滞。

All sympathy not consistent with acknowledged virtue is but disguised selfishness.

所有不符合公认美德的同情,都是伪装的自私。

A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.

下流笑话是一种精神上的反叛。