Men govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.

  • -- Baruch Spinoza 斯宾诺莎

人最难管制的莫过于自己的舌头,最能克制自己的欲望的莫过于自己的言语。

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Owing to the difficulty of obtaining horses, Mr. Henry returns from this place. In descending the Mississippi I will request him to pay his respects to you.

由于找不到马,亨利先生从这个地方回来了。在密西西比河下游,我将请他向你们表示敬意。

But the basic difficulty still remains: It is the expansion of Federal power, about which I wish to express my alarm. How easily we embrace such business.

但是,最基本的困难仍然存在:那就是扩大联邦权力,对此我谨表示警告。我们多么容易接受这样的业务。

In our civilization, men are afraid that they will not be men enough and women are afraid that they might be considered only women.

在我们的文明中,男人害怕自己不够男人,女人害怕自己可能被认为只是女人。

One of the greatest pains to human nature is the pain of a new idea.

人性最大的痛苦之一就是新思想的痛苦。