My aim, then, was to whip the rebels, to humble their pride, to follow them to their inmost recesses, and make them fear and dread us. Fear is the beginning of wisdom.

  • -- William Tecumseh Sherman 威廉·特库姆塞·谢尔曼

因此,我的目的是鞭笞造反者,使他们的骄傲变得谦卑,跟随他们到最深处,使他们惧怕我们。恐惧是智慧的开端。

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After a prosperous, but to me very wearisome, voyage, we came at last into port. Immediately on landing I got together my few effects; and, squeezing myself through the crowd, went into the nearest and humblest inn which first met my gaze.

我们经过了一次很顺利但又使我很厌烦的航行,终于进了港。一上岸,我就把仅有的几件东西收拾好;我挤过人群,走进最近的一家客店,这是我第一次看到这家客店。

You have to know when to be arrogant. You have to when to be humble. You have to know when to be hard and you have to know when to be soft.

你必须知道什么时候该骄傲。你必须学会谦虚。你必须知道什么时候强硬,什么时候软弱。

To sum up the whole, we should say that the aim of the Platonic philosophy was to exalt man into a god.

总而言之,我们可以说柏拉图哲学的目的是把人提升为神。

Aim for brevity while avoiding jargon.

力求简洁,避免术语。