It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

  • -- Walter Bagehot 沃尔特·巴格霍特

人们常说,人们的想象力支配着他们;但更确切地说,是他们的想象力受到了限制。

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Instead of establishing facts, we have to overthrow errors; instead of ascertaining what is, we have to chase from our imaginations what is not.

我们必须推翻错误,而不是建立事实;我们不能确定什么是存在的,而必须从我们的想象中去追逐什么不是。

If there be any truer measure of a man than by what he does, it must be by what he gives.

衡量一个人,如果有什么比看他做了什么更真实的话,那一定是看他付出了什么。

Physical bravery is an animal instinct; moral bravery is much higher and truer courage.

身体上的勇敢是动物的本能;道德上的勇敢是更高更真实的勇气。

When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.

当我还是个孩子的时候,我们不得不依靠我们的想象力来娱乐。

Weakness on both sides is, as we know, the motto of all quarrels.

我们知道,双方的弱点是所有争吵的座右铭。

Cars, furs, and gems were not my weaknesses.

汽车、毛皮和宝石并不是我的弱点。