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There are three classes of men; the retrograde, the stationary and the progressive.

  • -- Johann Kaspar Lavater 拉瓦特

有三类人;逆行，平稳和进步。

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It is easy in the world to live after the world's opinion; it is easy in solitude to live after our own; but the great man is he who in the midst of the crowd keeps with perfect sweetness the independence of solitude.

在这个世界上，跟随世俗的意见生活是很容易的;在孤独中，我们很容易活在自己的世界里;但伟大的人是那些在人群中保持绝对甜蜜的孤独的独立性的人。

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I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue.

我要提醒你们，捍卫自由的极端主义不是罪恶!我还要提醒你们，追求正义的中庸不是美德。

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Thinking about profound social change, conservatives always expect disaster, while revolutionaries confidentially expect utopia. Both are wrong.

考虑到深刻的社会变革，保守主义者总是期待灾难，而革命者则暗地里期待乌托邦。两者都是错误的。

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My parents were liberal intellectuals but even they expected me to stay at home and look after my younger siblings and do the housework.

我的父母是自由派知识分子，但他们甚至希望我呆在家里照顾弟弟妹妹，做家务。

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I support gay marriage. I support gay marriage because I believe Conservatives support the institutions of commitment.

我支持同性婚姻。我支持同性婚姻，因为我相信保守派支持承诺制度。

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Conservatism is more candid to behold another's worth; reform more disposed to maintain and increase its own.

保守主义更能坦率地看到别人的价值;改革更倾向于保持和增加自己的影响力。

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Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.

生活一直都很简单，但是我们也一直都忍不住要把它变得很复杂。

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