The man who prefers his country before any other duty shows the same spirit as the man who surrenders every right to the state. They both deny that right is superior to authority.

  • -- John Emerich Edward Dalberg Acton 阿克顿

一个人如果把自己的国家看得比任何其他义务都重要,那么他的精神就和一个人把自己的一切权利都交给国家一样。他们都否认权利高于权威。

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The superior man is the providence of the inferior. He is eyes for the blind, strength for the weak, and a shield for the defenseless. He stands erect by bending above the fallen. He rises by lifting others.

强者是弱者的天意。他是瞎子的眼睛,是软弱人的力量,是无防备人的盾牌。他弯下身子,俯视着倒下的人,笔直地站着。他通过举起别人而站起来。

It is reality that awakens possibilities, and nothing would be more perverse than to deny it.

现实唤醒了可能性,没有什么比否认它更荒谬的了。

What can and doesn't have to be always, at the end, surrenders to something that has to be.

什么可以,什么不可以,到最后总会屈服于必须存在的东西。

Better to deny at once, than to promise long.

与其答应很长时间,不如马上拒绝。

Every man I meet is in some way my superior.

我遇到的每个人在某种程度上都是我的上司。