The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

  • -- A. A. Milne 米尔恩

三流的头脑只有和大多数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。二流的头脑只有在与少数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。第一流的头脑只有在思考的时候才是幸福的。

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Liberalism is the supreme form of generosity; it is the right which the majority concedes to minorities and hence itis the noblest cry that has ever resounded on this planet.

自由主义是慷慨的最高形式;这是大多数人向少数人承认的权利,因此这是这个星球上有史以来最崇高的呼声。

A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

少数服从多数,就没有力量;那时它甚至不是少数;但当它被整个重量卡住时,它是无法抗拒的。

But for the national welfare, it is urgent to realize that the minorities do think, and think about something other than the race problem.

但是,为了国家的福利,我们迫切需要认识到,少数民族确实在思考,而且在思考种族问题之外的其他问题。

Few are those who see with their own eyes and feel with their own hearts.

用自己的眼睛看,用自己的心感觉的人很少。

Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.

最后,除了你自己心灵的完整,没有什么是神圣的。