Every mind must make its choice between truth and repose. It cannot have both.

  • -- Ralph Waldo Emerson 拉尔夫·沃尔多·爱默生

每个人都必须在真理和休息之间做出选择。它不可能两者兼得。

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Libertarians argue that no normal adult has the right to impose choices on other normal adults, except in abnormal circumstances, such as when one person finds another unconscious and administers medical assistance or calls an ambulance.

自由主义者认为,正常的成年人没有权利把选择强加给其他正常的成年人,除非是在异常情况下,比如当一个人发现另一个人失去知觉,并管理医疗援助或呼叫救护车时。

The philosophers of the Middle Ages demonstrated both that the Earth did not exist and also that it was flat. Today they are still arguing about whether the world exists, but they no longer dispute about whether it is flat.

中世纪的哲学家们不仅证明地球不存在,而且地球是平的。今天,他们仍然在争论世界是否存在,但他们不再争论世界是否是平的。

I wish I was strong enough to lift not one but both of us. Someday I will be strong enough to life not one but both of us.

我希望我有足够的力气举起我们两个而不是一个。总有一天,我会坚强起来,不再只活一个人,而是我们两个。

It's good to have an end in mind but in the end what counts is how you travel.

心中有个目标是好的,但最终重要的是你如何旅行。

What we're saying now is you have a choice: You can stay, or you can go away.

我们现在要说的是,你有一个选择:你可以留下,也可以离开。

In every country and every age, the priest had been hostile to Liberty.

在每个国家、每个时代,牧师都对自由怀有敌意。

What's on your mind, if you will allow the overstatement.

你心里在想什么,如果你允许我说得太夸张的话。

Every burned book enlightens the world.

每一本烧过的书都照亮了世界。