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A minority is powerless while it conforms to the majority; it is not even a minority then; but it is irresistible when it clogs by its whole weight.

  • -- Henry David Thoreau 亨利·大卫·梭罗

少数服从多数，就没有力量;那时它甚至不是少数;但当它被整个重量卡住时，它是无法抗拒的。

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The third-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the majority. The second-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking with the minority. The first-rate mind is only happy when it is thinking.

三流的头脑只有和大多数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。二流的头脑只有在与少数人一起思考时才会感到快乐。第一流的头脑只有在思考的时候才是幸福的。

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The majority, oppressing an individual, is guilty of a crime, abuses its strength, and by acting on the law of the strongest breaks up the foundations of society.

大多数人压迫个人，就是犯罪，就是滥用自己的力量，按照最强大的法律行事，就是破坏社会的基础。

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When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. The minority are right.

当历史发生重大变化时，当涉及重大原则时，大多数人通常是错误的。少数人是对的。

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The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

当我们处于少数时，勇气的考验就来了。当我们占多数的时候，宽容的考验就来了。

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