It is not a field of a few acres of ground, but a cause, that we are defending, and whether we defeat the enemy in one battle, or by degrees, the consequences will be the same.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

这不是一片几英亩的土地,而是我们正在捍卫的事业,无论我们是在一场战斗中击败敌人,还是一步步地击败敌人,结果都是一样的。

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Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have a burning, restless urge to write or paint, simply eat something sweet and the feeling will pass.

很少有人有真正的艺术才能。因此,通过努力来刺激局势既不合适,也没有效果。如果你有一种强烈的,不安分的写作或绘画的冲动,只要吃点甜食,这种感觉就会过去。

Day and night are linked in a way that few things are; there cannot be one without the other, yet they cannot exist at the same time.

白天和黑夜以一种少有的方式联系在一起;一个不可能没有另一个,但它们不可能同时存在。

Not in the clamor of the crowded street, not in the shouts and plaudits of the throng, but in ourselves, are triumph and defeat.

胜利和失败不在熙熙攘攘的街道上喧嚷,不在熙熙攘攘的人群中欢呼和喝彩,而在我们自己身上。

It's not my fault that people don't know me. I'm going to speak my mind, no matter what the consequences are.

人们不认识我不是我的错。不管结果如何,我都要说出我的想法。

If you fail to take away a strong man's sword when he is on the ground, will you do it when he gets up?

壮士在地上的时候,你若不能将他的刀夺去,他起来的时候,你还能行吗?

The poor man's corm always grows thin.

穷人的球茎总是变薄。

Consequences are unpitying.

后果是不带的。