I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.

  • -- Andrew Jackson 安德鲁·杰克逊

我不能同意我这必死无疑的躯体将被埋葬在一个为皇帝或国王准备的宝库中。我的共和情怀和原则禁止我这样做。

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We have fallen in love with the body. That's that thing that looks back at us from the mirror. That's the repository of that lovely identity that you keep chasing all your life.

我们已经爱上了肉体。就是那个从镜子里看着我们的东西。那是你一生都在追寻的可爱身份的宝库。

In my opinion it is less shameful for a king to be overcome by force of arms than by bribery.

在我看来,一个国王被武力征服比被贿赂更可耻。

I prefer, in a word, the republican system, because it comes up more nearly to God's system.

总之,我更喜欢共和制度,因为它更接近上帝的制度。

Old age is a tyrant, who forbids, under pain of death, the pleasures of youth.

老年是暴君,他在死亡的痛苦下禁止青年的欢乐。

The wisdom of life consists in the elimination of nonessentials.

生活的智慧在于消除不必要的东西。

I'd rather be called King than other things I've been called.

我宁愿被称为国王,也不愿被其他称呼。

When the solution is simple, God is answering.

当答案很简单的时候,上帝在回答。