The ancient Greeks noticed that a man with arms and legs extended described a circle, with his navel as the center.

  • -- Stephen Gardiner 斯蒂芬·加得纳

古希腊人注意到一个四肢伸展的人画了一个圆圈,他的肚脐为中心。

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Away with that folly that her rights would be detrimental to her character - that if she were recognized as the equal to a man she would cease to be a woman!

她的权利会损害她的性格,如果她被认为与男人平等,她就不再是女人了,这种愚蠢的想法应该打消!

It is a most mortifying reflection for a man to consider what he has done, compared to what he might have done.

一个人把他所做的事和他可能做的事相比较,这是最令人痛心的。

Bacchus, n.: A convenient deity invented by the ancients as an excuse for getting drunk.

酒神巴克斯,n。酒神古代发明的一种方便的神,用作醉酒的借口

The ancients understood the regulation of power better than the regulation of liberty.

古人对权力的规定比对自由的规定更了解。