The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.

  • -- Sigmund Freud 西格蒙德·弗洛伊德

个人的自由不是文明的礼物。在任何文明出现之前,它是最伟大的。

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Civilization is the process in which one gradually increases the number of people included in the term 'we' or 'us' and at the same time decreases those labeled 'you' or 'them' until that category has no one left in it.

文明是一个过程,在这个过程中,一个人逐渐增加“我们”或“我们”这个词所包含的人数,同时减少那些被贴上“你”或“他们”标签的人,直到这个类别中没有剩下一个人。

While civilization has been improving our houses, it has not equally improved the men who are to inhabit them. It has created palaces, but it was not so easy to create noblemen and kings.

虽然文明一直在改善我们的住房,但它并没有同样改善住在其中的人。它创造了宫殿,但创造贵族和国王并不容易。

When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.

当提到自由时,我们必须始终谨慎地观察,这是不是真正的主张个人利益,从而被指定。

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。