I sometimes think that the price of liberty is not so much eternal vigilance as eternal dirt.

  • -- George Orwell 乔治·奥威尔

我有时认为,自由的代价与其说是永远的警惕,不如说是永远的肮脏。

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A truer image of the world, I think, is obtained by picturing things as entering into the stream of time from an eternal world outside, than from a view which regards time as the devouring tyrant of all that is.

我认为,通过把事物想象成从一个永恒的外部世界进入时间的洪流,而不是把时间看作是吞噬一切的暴君,才能获得一个更真实的世界形象。

As liberty and intelligence have increased the people have more and more revolted against the theological dogmas that contradict common sense and wound the tenderest sensibilities of the soul.

随着自由和智慧的增长,人们越来越反对与常识相悖的神学教条,这些教条伤害了灵魂中最温柔的情感。

Liberty is not the power of doing what we like, but the right to do what we ought.

自由不是做我们喜欢做的事的权力,而是做我们应该做的事的权利。

The moral of a fable is eternal. The moral of a story is temporary to a story.

寓言的寓意是永恒的。故事的寓意对故事来说是暂时的。

Doubt must be no more than vigilance, otherwise it can become dangerous.

怀疑只能是警惕,否则就会变得危险。