He that rebels against reason is a real rebel, but he that in defence of reason rebels against tyranny has a better title to Defender of the Faith, than George the Third.

  • -- Thomas Paine 托马斯·潘恩

反对理性的人是真正的叛逆者,但为捍卫理性而反对暴政的人比乔治三世更有资格捍卫信仰。

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While we are under the tyranny of Priests, it will ever be their interest, to invalidate the law of nature and reason, in order to establish systems incompatible therewith.

当我们处于牧师的暴政之下时,他们的利益永远是废除自然和理性的法律,以便建立与之不相容的制度。

A lot of our tracks have sounded a lot better than I thought they would because of recording, mixing, and because I probably didn't hear it that way. I'm not a songwriter.

我们的很多曲目听起来比我想象的要好得多,因为录音、混音,而且我可能没有听过这样的歌。我不是作曲家。

Never lose faith in yourself, and never lose hope; remember, even when this world throws its worst and then turns its back, there is still always hope.

永远不要对自己失去信心,永远不要失去希望;记住,即使这个世界陷入最糟糕的境地,然后又转身离去,仍然有希望。

Unlimited power is apt to corrupt the minds of those who posses it; and this I know, my lords: that where law ends, tyranny begins.

无限的权力容易腐蚀拥有它的人的思想;诸位大人,我知道,法律的终点就是暴政的起点。

I didn't know writers could be real live people, because I never knew any writers.

我不知道作家可以是活生生的人,因为我从来不认识任何作家。

Support a compatriot against a native, however the former may blunder or plunder.

支持同胞反对本国人,但前者可能失策或掠夺。

It's better to be alone than to be with someone you're not happy to be with.

与其和一个你不喜欢的人在一起,不如一个人独处。

We never lose friends we just discover who the real ones are.

我们从不失去朋友,我们只是发现谁是真正的朋友。

I'm always coming up against scepticism in my life.

我在生活中总是遇到怀疑。

There are no creeds in mathematics.

数学中没有信条。