There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.

  • -- Alexander Hamilton 亚历山大·汉密尔顿

人们对自由有一种热情,这种热情使人的天性在勇敢和英勇的行为中超越自我。

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There are two ways of being happy: We must either diminish our wants or augment our means - either may do - the result is the same and it is for each man to decide for himself and to do that which happens to be easier.

有两种幸福的方式:我们必须要么减少我们的欲望,要么增加我们的手段——任何一种都可以——结果都是一样的,这是由每个人自己决定的,做那些碰巧更容易的事情。

I don't want to express alienation. It isn't what I feel. I'm interested in various kinds of passionate engagement. All my work says be serious, be passionate, wake up.

我不想表达异化。这不是我的感觉。我对各种充满激情的参与感兴趣。我所有的工作都告诉我要严肃,要有激情,要清醒。

Years may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spirit back to dust.

岁月悠悠,衰微只及肌肤;热忱抛却,颓废必致灵魂。忧烦,惶恐,丧失自信,定使心灵扭曲,意气如灰。

Expose yourself to your deepest fear; after that, fear has no power, and the fear of freedom shrinks and vanishes. You are free.

让自己暴露在最深的恐惧中;在那之后,恐惧就没有了力量,对自由的恐惧就会减少和消失。你都是免费的。

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

我宁愿承受太多自由带来的不便,也不愿承受太少自由带来的不便。

It's plain hokum. If you can't convince 'em, confuse 'em. It's an old political trick. But this time it won't work.

这是废话。如果你不能说服他们,那就迷惑他们,这是一个古老的政治把戏。但这次不会成功。

Sometimes heroism is nothing more than patience, curiosity, and a refusal to panic.

有时,英雄主义不过是耐心、好奇心和拒绝恐慌。

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

Renouncement: the heroism of mediocrity.

放弃:平庸的英雄主义。

He's as bold as a lammermuir lion.

他像一只勇敢的拉默穆尔狮子。