Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

  • -- Iris Murdoch 默多克

人的事情并不严重,但必须认真对待。

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But while human liberty has engaged the attention of the enlightened, and enlisted the feelings of the generous of all civilized nations, may we not enquire if this liberty has been rightly understood?

但是,当人类的自由引起了开明人士的注意,并得到了所有文明国家慷慨大方的感情时,我们难道不能问问这种自由是否得到了正确的理解吗?

Butterflies don't know the color of their wings, but human eyes know how beautiful it is. Likewise, you don't know how good you are, but others can see that you are special.

蝴蝶不知道翅膀的颜色,但人眼知道翅膀有多漂亮。同样的,你不知道自己有多好,但是别人可以看到你很特别。

Play is often talked about as if it were a relief from serious learning. But for children play is serious learning. Play is really the work of childhood.

人们常说玩耍是严肃学习的一种解脱。但对孩子们来说,玩耍是严肃的学习。玩耍真的是童年的产物。

Politics is much too serious to be taken too seriously; equally, there are many aspects of it so laughable as to be lamentable.

政治太严肃,不能太严肃;同样,它也有许多可笑之处,令人惋惜。