As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

  • -- Pythagoras 毕达哥拉斯

只要法律对人是必要的,它们就不再适合自由。

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Today we no longer regard the universe as the cause of our own undeserved troubles but perhaps, on the contrary, as the last refuge from the mismanagement of our earthly affairs.

今天,我们不再把宇宙看作是我们自己不应该遇到的麻烦的根源,相反,也许我们把宇宙看作是我们对尘世事务管理不善的最后避难所。

True freedom is the capacity for acting according to one's true character, to be altogether one's self, to be self-determined and not subject to outside coercion.

真正的自由是根据一个人的真实性格行事的能力,完全是一个人的自我,是自主的,不受外界的强迫。

We have to show these men and women freedom by enslaving them, and show them courage by frightening them.

我们必须通过奴役这些男人和女人来展示他们的自由,通过恐吓他们来展示他们的勇气。

The longer we were in it, the smaller it seemed to get.

我们在里面呆的时间越长,它看起来就越小。

Few men have been admired of their familiars.

他们的熟人中很少有人钦佩。

Men blaspheme what they do not know.

人们亵渎他们所不知道的。