It is necessary to posit something which is necessary of itself, and has no cause of its necessity outside of itself but is the cause of necessity in other things. And all people call this thing God.

  • -- Thomas Aquinas 托马斯·阿奎那

必须假定某物是它自身所必需的,并且在它自身之外没有它的必然性的原因,而在别的事物里却是必然性的原因。所有人都称这个为上帝。

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Everybody sees me as this sullen and insecure little thing. Those are just the sides of me that I feel it's necessary to show because no one else seems to be showing them.

每个人都认为我是一个闷闷不乐、没有安全感的小东西。这些只是我的一面,我觉得有必要展示出来,因为似乎没有其他人在展示它们。

To give victory to the right, not bloody bullets, but peaceful ballots only, are necessary.

要使右翼获得胜利,不仅需要血腥的子弹,而且只需要和平的选票。