It is better that some should be unhappy rather than that none should be happy, which would be the case in a general state of equality.

  • -- Samuel Johnson 塞缪尔·约翰逊

有些人不快乐总比没有人快乐好,在一般的平等状态下就会是这样。

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Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.

多年前,我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系,我下定决心,我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过,现在也说过,只要有下层阶级,我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分,我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里,我就没有自由。

These men ask for just the same thing, fairness, and fairness only. This, so far as in my power, they, and all others, shall have.

这些人要求同样的东西,公平,而且仅仅是公平。这一点,在我的权力范围内,他们,以及其他所有人,都将拥有。