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All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

所有暴政要站稳脚跟，都需要有良知的人保持沉默。

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Statesmanship is harder than politics. Politics is the art of getting along with people, whereas statesmanship is the art of getting along with politicians.

政治才能比政治更难。政治是一门与人相处的艺术，而政治家是一门与政治家相处的艺术。

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A sense of humor... is needed armor. Joy in one's heart and some laughter on one's lips is a sign that the person down deep has a pretty good grasp of life.

幽默感…需要护甲。一个人内心的喜悦和嘴角的笑意是一个人内心深处对生活有很好的把握的标志。

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By the general process of epic poetry, I mean the way this form of art has constantly responded to the profound needs of the society in which it was made.

我所说的史诗的一般过程，指的是这种艺术形式不断地对其产生的社会的深刻需求作出反应的方式。

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I was always a dreamer, in childhood especially. People thought I was a little strange.

我一直是个梦想家，尤其是在童年。人们觉得我有点奇怪。

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The deepest rivers make least din, The silent soule doth most abound in care.

最深的河流声最轻，沉默的灵魂最专注。

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For somehow this disease inheres in tyranny, never to trust one's friends.

因为这种病不知何故就存在于专制之中，永远不要相信自己的朋友。

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The man who minds his own business generally has a good one.

管好自己的事的人通常都有一个好老板。

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Tears are the silent language of grief.

眼泪是悲伤的无声语言。

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A guilty conscience needs no accuser.

有罪的良心不需要原告。

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Beware the tyranny of the minority.

当心少数人的暴政。

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Everyone needs something from me.

每个人都需要我的帮助。

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My conscience is clear.

我问心无愧。

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