Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty.

  • -- Edmund Pendleton 爱德蒙·彭德尔顿

贪婪似乎已渗透到我们的各项重要原则之中,以致于与除和平与富裕之外的一切补救希望作斗争。

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Be thou incapable of change in that which is right, and men will rely upon thee. Establish unto thyself principles of action; and see that thou ever act according to them. First know that thy principles are just, and then be thou.

你不能改变对的事情,人们就会依赖你。为自己确立行动的原则;你要照他们的话去行。首先要知道你的原则是公正的,然后做你自己。

For to win one hundred victories in one hundred battles is not the acme of skill. To subdue the enemy without fighting is the acme of skill.

因为在一百场战斗中赢得一百场胜利并不是技巧的极致。不战而屈人之兵是技巧的极致。

Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.

美德不能脱离现实而不成为邪恶的原则。

It is the old battle, between those who use a toothbrush and those who don't.

使用牙刷和不使用牙刷的人之间的斗争由来已久。