It behooves every man who values liberty of conscience for himself, to resist invasions of it in the case of others: or their case may, by change of circumstances, become his own.

  • -- Thomas Jefferson 托马斯·杰斐逊

每一个为自己珍视良心自由的人,都有责任在他人的情况下抵制良心自由的侵犯,否则,由于环境的变化,他们的情况可能会变成他自己的情况。

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As long as any adult thinks that he, like the parents and teachers of old, can become introspective, invoking his own youth to understand the youth before him, he is lost.

任何一个成年人,只要他认为自己像过去的父母和老师一样,可以变得内省,唤起自己的青春去理解他面前的青春,他就迷失了。

IT has been observed by several gentlemen, in vindication of this motion, that if it should be carried, neither my life, liberty, nor estate will be affected.

有几位先生为了证明这一动议是正确的,他们说,如果这一动议获得通过,我的生命、自由和财产都不会受到影响。

Our conscience is not the vessel of eternal verities. It grows with our social life, and a new social condition means a radical change in conscience.

我们的良心不是永恒真理的容器。它随着我们的社会生活而成长,新的社会条件意味着良心的彻底改变。

Never let a man imagine that he can pursue a good end by evil means, without sinning against his own soul. The evil effect on himself is certain.

人不可自以为行恶就可以得善报,反害自己的性命。对他自己的邪恶影响是肯定的。

Life every man holds dear; but the dear man holds honor far more precious dear than life.

每个人都珍视生命;但亲爱的人把荣誉看得比生命更宝贵。

Gladly we desire to make other men perfect, but we will not amend our own fault.

我们乐意使别人十全十美,但我们不能改正自己的错误。

None of us really changes over time. We only become more fully what we are.

没有人会随着时间而改变。我们只会变得更完整。

Every man supposes himself not to be fully understood or appreciated.

每个人都认为自己没有被完全理解或欣赏。

Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.

自由与健全的约束成正比。

Courage without conscience is a wild beast.

没有良心的勇气是野兽。

Man is a demon, man is a god. Both true.

人是魔鬼,人是神。这两个事实。

Only the dreamer can change the dream.

只有梦想家才能改变梦想。