Freedom is not procured by a full enjoyment of what is desired, but by controlling the desire.

  • -- Epictetus 埃皮克特斯

获得自由不是通过充分享受所渴望的,而是通过控制欲望。

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And I hereby distinctly and emphatically declare that I consider myself, and earnestly desire to be considered by others, as utterly divested, now and during the rest of my life, of any such rights, the barbarous relics of a feudal, despotic system.

我在此明确和强调地声明,我认为自己,并热切希望别人认为,在我现在和今后的生活中,我完全剥夺了封建专制制度的野蛮遗物的任何这种权利。

From time immemorial artistic insights have been revealed to artists in their sleep and in dreams, so that at all times they ardently desired them.

从远古时代起,艺术家们在睡梦中或梦中就能领悟到艺术的真知灼见,因此他们时时刻刻都热切地渴望着这些真知灼见。

There’s no freedom quite like the freedom of being constantly underestimated.

没有什么自由能像不断被低估的自由那样。

The most courageous act is still to think for yourself. Aloud.

最勇敢的行为还是为自己着想。出声来。