The interval between the decay of the old and the formation and establishment of the new constitutes a period of transition which must always necessarily be one of uncertainty, confusion, error, and wild and fierce fanaticism.

  • -- John Caldwell Calhoun 卡尔霍恩

旧的衰落与新的形成和建立之间的间隔构成了一个过渡时期,这个过渡时期必然是一个充满不确定性、混乱、错误和狂热的过渡时期。

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There is a blessed necessity by which the interest of men is always driving them to the right; and, again, making all crime mean and ugly.

人类的利益总是驱使他们向正确的方向发展,这是一种有福的必然性;再一次,让所有的犯罪变得卑鄙和丑陋。

The cloud of doubt that surrounds political figures tends to remain and never dissipate or be clarified.

围绕着政治人物的疑云往往依然存在,从未消散或澄清。

No great work has ever been produced except after a long interval of still and musing meditation.

只有经过长时间的静坐和沉思之后,才会产生伟大的作品。

Men at most differ as Heaven and Earth, but women, worst and best, as Heaven and Hell.

男人最不同的地方是天堂和人间,而女人最坏的地方和最好的地方是天堂和地狱。

A fanatic is a man who consciously over compensates a secret doubt.

狂热者是有意识地过分掩饰内心的怀疑的人。

Fanaticism is overcompensation for doubt.

狂热是对怀疑的过度补偿。

A little doubt saves many a mistake.

一点怀疑可以避免许多错误。