It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

每一个为自己珍视良心自由的人,都有责任在他人的情况下抵制良心自由的侵犯,否则,由于环境的变化,他们的情况可能会变成他自己的情况。

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Every European goes on the streets and sees medieval churches. Not if you live in Indianapolis. The most exciting letters I received were from people in places like that.

每个欧洲人都会走上街头,参观中世纪的教堂。如果你住在印第安纳波利斯就不会。我收到的最令人兴奋的信来自那样地方的人。

Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

当然,这就是为什么你想成为一名作家——因为你有这样做的自由,但一旦你有了自由,你也有义务去做。

The shallow consider liberty a release from all law, from every constraint. The wise man sees in it, on the contrary, the potent Law of Laws.

肤浅的人认为自由是对一切法律和约束的解放。智者在其中看到的恰恰相反,是强有力的法律法则。

Since change is constant, you wonder if people crave death because it's the only way they can get anything really finished.

因为变化是不断的,你想知道人们是否渴望死亡,因为这是他们完成任何事情的唯一方式。

If a man is really into you, nothing will stop him from being with you including a fear of intimacy.

如果一个男人真的喜欢你,没有什么能阻止他和你在一起,包括害怕亲密。

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

每个人都珍视生命;但亲爱的人把荣誉看得比生命更宝贵。

There was never an age in which useless knowledge was more important than our own.

从来没有一个时代,无用的知识比我们自己的知识更重要。

The name of a man is a numbing blow from which he never recovers.

一个人的名字是一个麻木的打击,他永远无法从这个打击中恢复过来。

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you.

良心是上帝对你真实的声音。

A clear and innocent conscience fears nothing.

清白无辜的良心无所畏惧。

Sport has the power to change the world.

体育有改变世界的力量。

You are a prisoner of your own mind.

你是自己思想的囚徒。