If a nation values anything more than freedom, it will lose its freedom, and the irony of it is that if it is comfort or money that it values more, it will lose that too.

  • -- W. Somerset Maugham 威廉·萨默塞特·毛姆

如果一个国家把自由看得比任何东西都重要,那么它就会失去自由,而具有讽刺意味的是,如果它更看重舒适或金钱,那么它也会失去自由。

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We are the most powerful nation on earth. No external power, no terrorist organization, can defeat us. But we can defeat ourselves by getting caught in a quagmire.

我们是世界上最强大的国家。没有任何外部力量,没有任何恐怖组织能够打败我们。但是我们可以通过陷入困境来打败自己。

A nation is formed by the willingness of each of us to share in the responsibility for upholding the common good.

一个国家是由我们每个人都愿意分担维护共同利益的责任而形成的。

Humor is everywhere, in that there's irony in just about anything a human does.

幽默无处不在,因为人类做的任何事情都带有讽刺意味。

Irony regards every simple truth as a challenge.

反讽把每一个简单的事实都看作是一种挑战。