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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Economic chasm between people is something that is of interest to me. And something that I used to write about even as a child. It's something I've revisited a few times in my writings.

我对人与人之间的经济鸿沟很感兴趣。这是我小时候写的东西。在我的写作中,我曾多次重温这一点。

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。

Zeal is a volcano, the peak of which the grass of indecisiveness does not grow.

热情是一座火山,山顶上长不出优柔寡断的草。

Defeat should never be a source of discouragement but rather a fresh stimulus.

失败不应成为气馁的源泉,而应成为新的刺激。

Wisdom consists of the anticipation of consequences.

智慧由对结果的预期构成。

Few of us get anything without working for it.

我们中很少有人不努力就能得到任何东西。

The wise man does not grow old, but ripens.

聪明人不会变老,但会成熟。

Defeat has its lessons as well as victory.

失败既有教训,也有胜利。