When men yield up the privilege of thinking, the last shadow of liberty quits the horizon.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

当人们放弃思考的特权时,自由的最后阴影就会离开地平线。

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We should not fret for what is past, nor should we be anxious about the future; men of discernment deal only with the present moment.

我们不应该为过去而烦恼,也不应该为未来而忧虑;明辨是非的人只处理眼前的事。

A writer never has a vacation. For a writer life consists of either writing or thinking about writing.

作家从来没有假期。对于一个作家来说,生活要么是写作,要么是思考写作。

From praise, as from a shadow, a man is neither bigger nor smaller.

从赞美中,如同从阴影中,一个人既不高大也不矮小。

Education is a better safeguard of liberty than a standing army.

教育比常备军更能保障自由。

No gentleman ever discusses any relationship with a lady.

没有一个绅士会和女士讨论任何关系。

Gossip about a person and his shadow will appear.

关于一个人和他的影子的八卦会出现。

Liberty means more to me than life itself.

对我来说,自由比生命本身更重要。

The scribbler's life is never done.

作家的生命永远不会结束。