A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
叛乱
Rebellion
Loyalty to a petrified opinion never yet broke a chain or freed a human soul.
对僵化的观点的忠诚从来没有打破过枷锁,也从来没有解放过一个人的灵魂。
Politics is but the common pulse-beat, of which revolution is the fever-spasm.
政治不过是共同的脉搏跳动,革命不过是狂热的痉挛。
Every act of rebellion expresses a nostalgia for innocence and an appeal to the essence of being.
每一次反抗行为都表达了对纯真的怀念和对存在本质的诉求。
When will our consciences grow so tender that we will act to prevent human misery rather than avenge it?
什么时候,我们的良心会变得如此温柔,以至于我们会采取行动,阻止人类的苦难,而不是为之复仇?
It is well known that the most radical revolutionary will become a conservative on the day after the revolution.
众所周知,最激进的革命者在革命后的第一天就会变成保守派。
Whatever is funny is subversive, every joke is ultimately a custard pie... a dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.
任何有趣的东西都是颠覆性的,每个笑话最终都是奶油蛋羹派……下流笑话是一种精神上的反叛。
Intelligent discontent is the mainspring of civilization. Progress is born of agitation. It is agitation or stagnation.
明智的不满是文明的主要源泉。进步源于激荡。它是躁动或停滞。
I hold it that a little rebellion, now and then, is a good thing, and as necessary in the political world as storms in the physical.
我认为,偶尔的一点反叛是一件好事,在政治世界里,就像在物质世界里,风暴一样必不可少。
Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory.
要像太阳或大海一样仁慈,但是如果你作为一个理性存在的权利被牢牢地钉住,那就死在你领土的第一寸土地上。
Many nations are like rebellious teenagers who try to figure out just how many times they can kick us in the teeth while still taking our money.
许多国家就像叛逆的青少年一样,他们试图弄清楚他们能在拿走我们的钱的同时踢我们多少次。
No matter that patriotism is too often the refuge of scoundrels. Dissent, rebellion, and all-around hell-raising remain the true duty of patriots.
尽管爱国主义往往是恶棍的庇护所。持不同政见者、造反者和全面的放屁者仍然是爱国者的真正职责。
The memory of oppressed people is one thing that cannot be taken away, and for such people, with such memories, revolt is always an inch below the surface.
被压迫人民的记忆是一件无法消除的东西,对于这样的人来说,有了这样的记忆,反抗总是藏在表面之下。
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Rebellion against tyrants is obedience to God.
反抗暴君就是服从上帝。
Disobedience, in the eyes of anyone who has read history, is man's original virtue. It is through disobedience that progress has been made, through disobedience and through rebellion.
在任何读过历史的人看来,不服从是人的本性。进步是通过不服从,通过不服从和反叛取得的。
A dirty joke is a sort of mental rebellion.
下流笑话是一种精神上的反叛。
What is a rebel? A man who says no.
什么是叛逆者?一个说不的男人。
Last guys don't finish nice.
最后一个人的结局并不好。
I'm not really rebellious. People think I am, but I'm not.
我不是很叛逆。人们认为我是,但我不是。