If conquest does not bind posterity, so neither can compact bind it.

-- Charlotte Smith 夏洛特·史密斯女士

如果征服不能约束子孙后代，那么契约也不能约束子孙后代。

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I do not suppose I shall be remembered for anything. But I don't think about my work in those terms. It is just as vulgar to work for the sake of posterity as to work for the sake of money.

我想人们不会因为什么而记住我。但我不会用这些术语来思考我的工作。为子孙后代而工作和为金钱而工作一样庸俗。

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The only conquests which are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

唯一永恒且不留遗憾的征服是我们对自己的征服。

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The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.

智慧人的著作是我们后代唯一不能挥霍的财富。

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