Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

胆怯的人宁愿选择专制的平静,也不愿选择汹涌的自由之海。

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O wise man! Give your wealth only to the worthy and never to others. The water of the sea received by the clouds is always sweet.

聪明的人啊!把你的财富只给有价值的人,不要给别人。云接收到的海水总是甜蜜的。

I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.

我宁愿承受太多自由带来的不便,也不愿承受太少自由带来的不便。

Few men desire liberty; most men wish only for a just master.

很少人渴望自由;大多数人只希望有一个公正的主人。

He that is once at sea, must either sail or sink.

曾经在海上的人,要么航行,要么沉没。