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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Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.

当然,这就是为什么你想成为一名作家——因为你有这样做的自由,但一旦你有了自由,你也有义务去做。

Modernity is the transient, the fleeting, the contingent; it is one half of art, the other being the eternal and the immovable.

现代性是短暂的,稍纵即逝的,偶然的;它是艺术的一半,另一半是永恒的、不可改变的。

When the people contend for their liberty, they seldom get anything by their victory but new masters.

当人民为自由而斗争时,除了新主人之外,他们很少从胜利中得到任何东西。

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。