Whilst shame keeps its watch, virtue is not wholly extinguished in the heart; nor will moderation be utterly exiled from the minds of tyrants.

  • -- Edmund Burke 埃德蒙伯克

当羞耻心还在的时候,美德还没有完全在心中熄灭;温和也不会从暴君的头脑中完全消失。

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With reasonable men, I will reason; with humane men I will plead; but to tyrants I will give no quarter, nor waste arguments where they will certainly be lost.

有理智的人,我要讲道理;我要向仁慈的人恳求;但对于暴君,我不会宽容,也不会在他们一定会失败的地方浪费争论。

Tyrants have always some slight shade of virtue; they support the laws before destroying them.

暴君总是有些轻微的美德;他们在破坏法律之前支持法律。

We want work and we want honest jobs. Our minds and our hands will be our keep!

我们想要工作,我们想要诚实的工作。我们的思想和双手将是我们的财富!

People who have power respond simply. They have no minds but their own.

有权力的人的反应很简单。他们只有自己的思想。

False humility is more insulting than open pride!

虚伪的谦逊比公开的骄傲更无礼!

I have a healthy amount of humility.

我很谦虚。