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It is a revenge the devil sometimes takes upon the virtuous, that he entraps them by the force of the very passion they have suppressed and think themselves superior to.

  • -- George Santayana 乔治·桑塔亚纳

这是魔鬼有时对善良的人所采取的一种报复，他以他们所压抑的、自以为高人一等的激情的力量把他们迷住了。

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He who is void of virtuous attachments in private life is, or very soon will be, void of all regard for his country. There is seldom an instance of a man guilty of betraying his country, who had not before lost the feeling of moral obligations in his private connections.

一个人如果在私生活中没有高尚的情操，那么他就会，或者很快就会，对他的国家失去所有的尊重。很少有一个人因为背叛祖国而感到内疚，他以前从未在私人关系中丧失过道德义务的感觉。

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For a crowd to be smart, the people in it need to be not only diverse in their perspectives but also, relatively speaking, independent of each other. In other words, you need people to be thinking for themselves, rather than following the lead of those around them.

要想让一群人变得聪明，其中的人不仅需要在观点上多样化，而且相对而言，还需要彼此独立。换句话说，你需要人们为自己考虑，而不是跟随周围人的领导。

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When the sappy boughs Attire themselves with blooms, sweet rudiments Of future harvest.

当多愁善感的树枝披上花朵，未来收获的甜蜜萌芽。

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That bench is well adorned that is filled with virtuous women.

满坐贤惠妇女的长凳，甚是华丽。

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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。

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Freedom - to walk free and own no superior.

自由——自由地走，没有优越。

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