It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.

  • -- George Washington 乔治华盛顿

假定一个人可能会滥用自然的自由,就剥夺他的这种自由,人们会发现这是一种不公正和不明智的嫉妒。

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If it had remained always my band, my natural tendency would have been to get more complex and arrange things more and more. That wouldn't necessarily be good for Eddie, or anyone else in the band.

如果它一直是我的乐队,我自然会变得越来越复杂,把事情安排得越来越多。这对艾迪或乐队里的其他人来说未必是好事。

Magnanimous people have no vanity, they have no jealousy, and they feed on the true and the solid wherever they find it. And, what is more, they find it everywhere.

宽宏大量的人没有虚荣心,没有嫉妒心,他们在任何地方都以真实和坚实为食。更重要的是,他们发现它无处不在。

The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.

唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。

Jealousy springs more from love of self than from love of another.

嫉妒更多地源于对自己的爱,而不是对他人的爱。

We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.

我们所有人都因为太多的自由而变得更糟。

Medicine and writing are natural companions.

医学和写作是天生的伴侣。