What, but the rapacity of the only men who exercised their reason, the priests, secured such vast property to the church, when a man gave his perishable substance to save himself from the dark torments of purgatory.

  • -- Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin 玛丽·葛德文

除了那些唯一行使理智的人,即教士们的贪婪之外,还有什么能使教会获得如此巨大的财产呢?一个人为了摆脱炼狱的黑暗折磨,献出了他易腐烂的物质。

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The man who can reason properly can invent; and anyone who wants to invent must be able to reason. The only people who think that the one can be separated from the other are those who have no inclination for either.

能正确推理的人能发明;任何想要发明的人都必须能够推理。只有那些对两者都没有兴趣的人才认为两者是可以分离的。

My pain may be the reason for somebody's laugh. but my laugh must never be the reason for somebody's pain.

我的痛苦可能是某人大笑的原因。但我的笑声绝不能成为别人痛苦的原因。