People in Parliament occupy themselves with private animosities and petty quarrels, and think little of the national interest. It is impossible to credit the serene indifference with which they consider events outside their own country.

  • -- William III 威廉三世

议会里的人忙于个人仇恨和小争吵,很少考虑国家利益。他们对自己国家以外发生的事情漠不关心,这是不可能的。

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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

许多政治家习惯于把它作为一个不言自明的命题,即在人们能够充分利用他们的自由之前,没有人应该是自由的。这句格言就像古老故事里的傻瓜,他决定在学会游泳之前不下水。

Most people don't know there are angels whose only job is to make sure you don't get too comfortable & fall asleep & miss your life.

大多数人都不知道,有些天使的唯一工作就是让你不要太舒服,不要睡着,不要错过你的生活。

There is weeping when separated, there is quarreling when together.

分开时哭泣,在一起时争吵。

From lightest words sometimes the direst quarrel springs.

最可怕的争吵有时起于最轻微的言语。