There have been in this century only one great man and one great thing: Napoleon and liberty. For want of the great man, let us have the great thing.

  • -- Victor Hugo 维克多雨果

在这个世纪里只有一个伟人和一件伟大的事情:拿破仑和自由。因为没有伟人,就求他的大。

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A man acquainted with history may, in some respect, be said to have lived from the beginning of the world, and to have been making continual additions to his stock of knowledge in every century.

从某种意义上说,一个通晓历史的人,可以说从世界诞生之日起就生活在世上,并且在每一个世纪都在不断地增加他的知识储备。

It is the mark of a great man that he puts to flight all ordinary calculations. He is at once sublime and touching, childlike and of the race of giants.

这是一个伟人的标志,他把一切平凡的算计都付诸行动。他既崇高又感人,既孩子气又有巨人的血统。

Before printing was discovered, a century was equal to a thousand years.

在印刷术被发现之前,一个世纪等于一千年。