The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

一个人如果把自己的国家看得比任何其他义务都重要,那么他的精神就和一个人把自己的一切权利都交给国家一样。他们都否认权利高于权威。

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What law, what reason can deny that gift so sweet, so natural that God has given a stream, a fish, a beast, a bird?

有什么法律,有什么理由能否认上帝赐予我们的如此甜美、如此自然的礼物呢?

What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.

什么可以,什么不可以,到最后总会屈服于必须存在的东西。

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

我目睹过成千上万的优秀运动员试图成为击球手,却以失败告终。

We can deny reality, but we can't deny the consequences of denying reality.

我们可以否认现实,但我们不能否认否认现实的后果。

I'm not a genetically superior person. I built my body.

我不是一个基因优越的人。我塑造了我的身体。