An enthusiast broods over the oppression of a people till he fancies himself commissioned by Heaven to liberate them. He ventures the attempt, which ends in little else than his own execution.

  • -- George Haven Putnam 乔治黑文普特南

一个狂热者对一个民族的压迫念念不忘,直到他幻想自己受上天的委托去解放他们。他冒险尝试,结果除了自己的处决,几乎没有别的结果。

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He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.

要使自己的自由得到保障,就连敌人也必须保护自己不受压迫;因为如果他违反了这一义务,他就为自己树立了一个先例。

Sometimes people don't want to hear the truth because they don't want their illusions destroyed.

有时候人们不想听到真相,因为他们不希望自己的幻想破灭。

I'm a coffee enthusiast. I try not to have too many bad habits.

我是个咖啡爱好者。我尽量不要有太多的坏习惯。

Everything is more complicated than it looks to most people.

每件事都比大多数人想象的要复杂。

Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.

反抗暴君就是服从上帝。