Children, I grant, should be innocent; but when the epithet is applied to men, or women, it is but a civil term for weakness.

  • -- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 玛丽·葛德文

我承认,孩子应该是无辜的;但当这个词被用于男性或女性时,它只是一个表示软弱的民事用语。

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It is often said that men are ruled by their imaginations; but it would be truer to say they are governed by the weakness of their imaginations.

人们常说,人们的想象力支配着他们;但更确切地说,是他们的想象力受到了限制。

Mutability of temper and inconsistency with ourselves is the greatest weakness of human nature.

脾气的反复无常和自我矛盾是人性最大的弱点。