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Our country is now taking so steady a course as to show by what road it will pass to destruction, to wit: by consolidation of power first, and then corruption, its necessary consequence.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

我们的国家现在走的道路是如此稳定，以致于表明它将走哪条路走向毁灭，也就是说:首先通过巩固权力，然后是腐败，来显示其必然的后果。

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I think we need to start with Philadelphia and make sure that we actually get some election reform in Philadelphia. Actually, a recent election was thrown out by a federal judge because of corruption with the voting process in Philadelphia.

我认为我们需要从费城开始，确保我们在费城进行一些选举改革。事实上，最近的一次选举被一位联邦法官否决了，原因是费城的选举过程存在腐败。

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The meaning of life is just to be alive. It is so plain and so obvious and so simple. And yet, everybody rushes around in a great panic as if it were necessary to achieve something beyond themselves.

生命的意义就是活着。它是如此简单，如此明显，如此简单。然而，每个人都在巨大的恐慌中四处奔忙，似乎有必要取得超越自己的成就。

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It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice. There are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia.

没有必要想象世界在火或冰中毁灭。还有另外两种可能性:一种是文书工作，另一种是怀旧。

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One of the key issues will be personal honour vs. the good of the many, and unforeseen consequences.

其中一个关键问题将是个人荣誉与众多利益之争，以及不可预见的后果。

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All the things of the wild have their proper uses. Only misuse makes them evil.

所有的野生动物都有它们应有的用途。只有误用才会使它们变得邪恶。

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So while I was studying, I rode my Trials bike, then I moved to roadracing.

所以当我在学习的时候，我骑着我的试骑自行车，然后我转向了公路赛车。

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The road is hard, and you have to get accustomed to it.

这条路很难走，你得适应它。

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Don't neglect the consequence of your act.

不要忽视你行为的后果。

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