The true civilization is where every man gives to every other man every right he claims for himself.

  • -- Robert G. Ingersoll 格索

真正的文明是每个人都把他为自己要求的每一项权利给予他人。

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Freedom is not worth having if it does not connote freedom to err. It passes my comprehension how human beings, be they ever so experienced and able, can delight in depriving other human beings of that precious right.

如果自由不意味着犯错的自由,那么它就不值得拥有。我无法理解,人类,无论他们多么有经验和能力,如何能以剥夺他人的这种宝贵权利为乐。

I was right then, I'm right now. I think time has proven me right.

我当时是对的,现在也是。我想时间证明我是对的。

Civilization is the lamb's skin in which barbarism masquerades.

文明是披着野蛮外衣的羊皮。

For me, politeness is a sine qua non of civilization.

对我来说,礼貌是文明的必要条件。