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.

  • -- Walt Whitman 沃尔特惠特曼

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。

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The breaking wave and the muscle as it contracts obey the same law. Delicate line gathers the body's total strength in a bold balance. Shall my soul meet so severe a curve, journeying on its way to form?

断裂波和它收缩时的肌肉遵循同样的规律。精致的线条汇集了身体的全部力量,在一个大胆的平衡。难道我的灵魂会遇到如此严峻的曲线,在它形成的道路上行进吗?

Man is free; yet we must not suppose that he is at liberty to do everything he pleases, for he becomes a slave the moment he allows his actions to be ruled by passion.

人是自由的;然而,我们不能认为他可以随心所欲地做任何事情,因为一旦他允许自己的行为受到激情的支配,他就会变成一个奴隶。

I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell.

当我做得很好的时候,我有一种很好的温暖的感觉,但是这种快乐被每天开始的痛苦抵消了。让我们面对现实吧,写作是地狱。

The words "I am" are potent words; be careful what you hitch them to. The thing you're claiming has a way of reaching back and claiming you.

“我是”这几个字是有力的;小心你把它们拴在什么东西上。你所声称的东西有一种方式可以回应你,并声称你是它的主人。

Leadership is a potent combination of strategy and character. But if you must be without one, be without the strategy.

领导是策略和性格的有效结合。但如果你必须没有,那就没有策略。

Results! Why, man, I have gotten a lot of results. I know several thousand things that won't work.

结果!为什么,伙计,我得到了很多结果。我知道有几千件事是行不通的。

Living is like being chained at the bottom of a shallow pond with my eyes open and no air.

生活就像被锁在一个浅池塘的底部,眼睛睁着,没有空气。

I'm a very simple person. I'm very shallow. Shallow, simple, easily pleased: that's me.

我是一个非常简单的人。我很浅。肤浅,简单,容易满足:这就是我。

I write as well as I can. I'm a journalist at heart, so it's the story that matters.

我写得很好。我本质上是个记者,所以故事才是最重要的。

When a man bores a woman, she complains. When a woman bores a man, he ignores her.

当男人让女人厌烦时,她会抱怨。当女人使男人厌烦时,他会忽略她。

Liberty cannot be established without morality, nor morality without faith.

自由不能没有道德而建立,道德也不能没有信仰而建立。

The more by law, the less by right.

法律越多,权利越少。