All men profess honesty as long as they can. To believe all men honest would be folly. To believe none so is something worse.

  • -- John Quincy Adams 约翰·昆西·亚当斯

只要有可能,所有的人都声称自己是诚实的。相信所有人都诚实是愚蠢的。相信没有这样的人更糟糕。

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Some of them profess to be well acquainted with all the principal waters of the Columbia, with which they assured me these waters had no connection short of the ocean.

他们中有些人自称对哥伦比亚号的所有主要水域都很熟悉,他们向我保证,除了大海,这些水域没有别的联系。

I believe that life is a journey towards God, and that no one has the right to insist that you go a certain road.

我相信人生是一段通往上帝的旅程,没有人有权利坚持走某一条路。

Real education must ultimately be limited to men who insist on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.

真正的教育最终必须局限于那些坚持知道的人,其余的只是放羊。

Men are always lost, they are confused and afraid, thus they are more trouble than they're worth.

男人总是迷失,他们困惑和害怕,因此他们比他们的价值更多的麻烦。

In the vain laughter of folly wisdom hears half its applause.

在愚蠢的徒劳笑声中,智慧听到了一半的掌声。

Enjoy your little while the fool is seeking for more.

趁愚昧人多求的时候,享受你的一点。

Nobody really believes in equality anyway.

无论如何,没有人真正相信平等。