Politics can be relatively fair in the breathing spaces of history; at its critical turning points there is no other rule possible than the old one, that the end justifies the means.

  • -- Arthur Koestler 亚瑟·考斯特勒

在历史的呼吸空间里,政治可以相对公平;在其关键的转折点上,除了旧的规则外,没有其他规则是可能的,即目的证明手段是正当的。

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Who will tell whether one happy moment of love, or the joy of breathing, or walking on a bright morning and smelling the fresh air, is not worth all the suffering and effort which life implies.

谁能说,一个爱的幸福时刻,或呼吸的欢乐,或在一个明媚的早晨散步,呼吸新鲜的空气,是否值得生活所暗示的所有痛苦和努力。

People are used to music that justifies street culture but something that's not touched on is why these kids act the way they act, live the way they live.

人们习惯了为街头文化辩护的音乐,但没有触及的是为什么这些孩子的行为方式,他们的生活方式。

Is it possible for the rose to say, "I will give my fragrance to the good people who smell me, but I will withhold it from the bad?

玫瑰花岂可说、“我要把我的香气给那好闻我的人、却要阻止那恶闻我的人呢。”

What art offers is space - a certain breathing room for the spirit.

艺术提供的是空间——精神的某种呼吸空间。

He declares himself guilty who justifies himself before accusation.

在控告以先为自己辩解的,便是宣告自己有罪。

Sometimes we misjudge what is possible and what is not.

有时我们会错误地判断什么是可能的,什么是不可能的。

To be called a coward, I don't think that's fair.

被称为懦夫,我认为这不公平。

I like to be a very fair person.

我喜欢做一个非常公正的人。