We do not choose the day of our birth nor may we choose the day of our death, yet choice is the sovereign faculty of the mind.

  • -- Thornton Wilder 桑顿·怀尔德

我们不能选择出生的日子,也不能选择死亡的日子,但选择是心灵至高无上的能力。

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All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to be rightful must be reasonable; that the minority possess their equal rights, which equal law must protect, and to violate would be oppression.

所有人也将铭记这一神圣的原则,即虽然多数人的意愿在所有情况下都占上风,但这种合法的意愿必须是合理的;少数人拥有平等的权利,而平等的法律必须保护这些权利,侵犯这些权利就是压迫。

I think the definition of an artist is not necessarily tied into excellence or talent; an artist is somebody who, if you took away their freedom to make art, would lose their mind.

我认为艺术家的定义并不一定与卓越或天赋有关;艺术家是这样的人,如果你剥夺了他们创作艺术的自由,他们就会失去理智。

My mother-in-law was with me during all four of my births and when she was sitting next to me holding my hand during the cesareans, well, I craved that.

我的岳母在我四次分娩的时候都和我在一起,当她坐在我旁边握着我的手的时候,我非常渴望。

I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.

我过去认为新闻界是一个不可避免的恶魔,现在我不这么认为了。我认为这是你自己的选择。

Impressionism; it is the birth of Light in painting.

印象主义的;它是绘画中光的诞生。

Of two evils, choose neither.

两害相权取其轻。