You should read history and look at ostracism, persecution, martyrdom, and that kind of thing. They always happen to the best men, you know.

  • -- George Eliot 乔治·艾略特

你应该读历史,看看排斥,迫害,殉道等等。你知道,这些事总是发生在最好的人身上。

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To punish a man because we infer from the nature of some doctrine which he holds, or from the conduct of other persons who hold the same doctrines with him, that he will commit a crime, is persecution, and is, in every case, foolish and wicked.

因为我们从一个人所持的某种学说的性质,或者从其他与他持有同样学说的人的行为中,推断出他将会犯罪,而惩罚他,这就是迫害,在任何情况下,都是愚蠢和邪恶的。

It is folly for an eminent man to think of escaping censure, and a weakness to be affected with it. All the illustrious persons of antiquity, and indeed of every age in the world, have passed through this fiery persecution.

一个杰出的人想要逃避责难是愚蠢的,而受责难的影响是软弱的表现。古代所有的杰出人物,甚至世界上各个时代的人,都经历过这种激烈的迫害。