If we do not lay out ourselves in the service of mankind whom should we serve?

  • -- John Adams 约翰·亚当斯

如果我们不为人类服务,我们应该为谁服务呢?

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It is bad policy to regulate everything... where things may better regulate themselves and can be better promoted by private exertions; but it is no less bad policy to let those things alone which can only be promoted by interfering social power.

监管一切是糟糕的政策……在那里,事情可以更好地自我调节,通过私人努力可以得到更好的促进;但是,不去管那些只能通过干预社会权力来推动的事情,同样是糟糕的政策。

It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.

认为我们可以通过诉诸良知来控制人类的长期繁衍是错误的。

I would gladly do it but I am suffering from social phobia. I cannot manage being in a crowd of people.

我很乐意这么做,但我患有社交恐惧症。我无法挤在人群中。

There's always one shot that I can rely on when I'm not hitting the ball that well, is my serve.

当我不击球的时候,总有一个球我可以依靠,那就是我的发球。

Know then thyself, presume not God to scan; The proper study of mankind is man.

你当晓得自己,不要以为神鉴察。真正研究人类的是人。

A rickety chair will not long serve as a seat.

一把摇摇晃晃的椅子不能长久当椅子用。