From the beginning of our history the country has been afflicted with compromise. It is by compromise that human rights have been abandoned.

  • -- Charles Sumner 查尔斯·桑诺

从我国历史开始,这个国家就饱受妥协之苦。正是通过妥协,人权才被放弃。

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I'd paint long strips of canvas and abandon them on the beach, or put bread out in geometric patterns for the pigeons downtown. I wanted people to find something nice and intriguing to puzzle over. Then I'd go back to see if the things were still there, or if anyone would notice.

我会画长条帆布,然后把它们扔在沙滩上,或者把面包做成几何图案放在市中心的鸽子面前。我想让人们找到一些美好而有趣的东西来思考。然后我会回去看看那些东西是否还在那里,或者是否有人会注意到。

I want to be an entrepreneur too; I like the business side of things. When I was younger I wanted to be a vet or a tightrope walker. But I have no sense of balance and I can't bear animals dying, so I abandoned both ideas.

我也想成为一名企业家;我喜欢商业方面的东西。当我年轻的时候,我想成为一名兽医或走钢丝者。但是我没有平衡感,我不能忍受动物的死亡,所以我放弃了这两种想法。

But there came a point when one abandoned hope for faith, and trusted fate for charity.

但是,当一个人放弃了对信仰的希望,而把命运托付给慈善事业的时候,事情就发生了变化。

Crime is the price society pays for abandoning character.

犯罪是社会为抛弃品格所付出的代价。