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Many politicians are in the habit of laying it down as a self-evident proposition that no people ought to be free till they are fit to use their freedom. The maxim is worthy of the fool in the old story who resolved not to go into the water till he had learned to swim.

  • -- Thomas Babington Macaulay 麦考莱

许多政治家习惯于把它作为一个不言自明的命题，即在人们能够充分利用他们的自由之前，没有人应该是自由的。这句格言就像古老故事里的傻瓜，他决定在学会游泳之前不下水。

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It used to be that we disagreed over the basic facts we were fighting over, and we had different opinions about them. Now I think we accept different sources of authority. ... And people can establish credibility on their own say-so as long as nobody follows the trail and calls them out on it.

过去，我们在争论的基本事实上存在分歧，我们对这些事实有不同的看法。现在我认为我们接受不同的权力来源。而且人们可以建立起自己的信誉——只要没有人跟踪这条路，并在这条路上大声疾呼。

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The intense happiness of our union is derived in a high degree from the perfect freedom with which we each follow and declare our own impressions.

我们婚姻的强烈幸福在很大程度上来自于我们每个人都遵循并表达自己印象的完全自由。

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Imperfection clings to a person, and if they wait till they are brushed off entirely, they would spin for ever on their axis, advancing nowhere.

不完美总是缠着一个人，如果他们等着被彻底刷掉，他们就会永远在轴上旋转，不会前进。

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The moment that judgement stops through acceptance of what it is, you are free of the mind. You have made room for love, for joy, for peace.

当你的判断因接受现实而停止的那一刻，你的思想就自由了。你们为爱，为喜乐，为平安，腾了地方。

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I have a scheme for stopping war. It's this - no nation is allowed to enter a war till they have paid for the last one.

我有一个停止战争的计划。就是这样，没有国家被允许进入一场战争，直到他们支付了最后一场战争的费用。

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I learned to impersonate the kind of person that talks about poetry. It comes from teaching, I think.

我学会了模仿那种谈论诗歌的人。我想这来自于教学。

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It is the false shame of fools to try to conceal wounds that have not healed.

试图掩盖尚未愈合的伤口，是愚蠢人的虚假耻辱。

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I learned how to live on five and sometimes ten dollars a week.

我学会了如何靠每周五到十美元生活。

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Seem like a lot of people wear shoes they can't walk in.

好像很多人穿的鞋他们不能走进去。

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Never permit failure to become a habit.

永远不要让失败成为一种习惯。

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The fool speaks, the wise man listens.

愚者说，智者听。

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Habit is stronger than reason.

习惯比理智更强大。

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