There never yet has been a great system sustained by force under which all the best faculties of men have not slowly withered.

  • -- Auberon Edward William Molyneux Herbert 奥伯伦·爱德华·威廉·莫利纽斯·赫伯特

从来没有一个伟大的制度是靠武力来维持的,在这个制度下,人类所有最优秀的才能都没有慢慢衰退。

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There are a range of associated impacts related to increasing temperatures which affect both evaporation rates and river systems, which are already over stressed, and these will hit farming communities and the health of crop lands.

与气温升高相关的一系列影响包括蒸发速率和河流系统,而河流系统已经承受了过大的压力,这将对农业社区和农作物用地的健康造成冲击。

I looked on child rearing not only as a work of love and duty but as a profession that was fully as interesting and challenging as any honorable profession in the world and one that demanded the best that I could bring to it.

在我看来,抚养孩子不仅是一项充满爱和责任的工作,而且是一项和世界上任何光荣的职业一样有趣和具有挑战性的职业,是一项要求我尽我所能做到最好的职业。

The harm which is done by credulity in a man is not confined to the fostering of a credulous character in others, and consequent support of false beliefs.

轻信对一个人所造成的危害并不局限于培养别人轻信的性格,从而支持错误的信念。

Do not ever say that the desire to "do good" by force is a good motive. Neither power-lust nor stupidity are good motives.

永远不要说用武力“做好事”的愿望是一个好的动机。权力欲和愚蠢都不是好的动机。

Sometimes an active policy is best advanced by doing nothing until the right time - or never.

有时候,一个积极的政策最好是在合适的时间之前什么都不做,或者永远不做。

Men of lofty genius when they are doing the least work are most active.

有崇高天才的人在做最少的工作时最活跃。

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

武力是专制主义的根本原则和直接根源。

I'm not familiar with the metric system.

我不熟悉公制。