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 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。

I don't think anyone will deny that girls are academically superior as a group.

我认为没有人会否认女生作为一个群体在学业上是优秀的。

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?

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。