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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It is chiefly through books that we enjoy intercourse with superior minds. In the best books, great men talk to us, give us their most precious thoughts, and pour their souls into ours.

我们主要是通过书籍来享受与杰出人物的交往。在最好的书中,伟人与我们交谈,给我们他们最宝贵的思想,并将他们的灵魂倾注于我们。

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。

I've witnessed thousands of superior athletes try to becomes hitters and fail at it.

我目睹过成千上万的优秀运动员试图成为击球手,却以失败告终。

If I deny myself something, I just get resentful, so what's the point?

如果我否定自己的某些东西,我只会变得怨恨,那又有什么意义呢?

I can't deny the fact that you like me! You like me!

我不能否认你喜欢我这个事实!你喜欢我!