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权利
Rights
We would, however, perform an injustice to the bourgeois women's rights movement if we would regard it as solely motivated by economics. No, this movement also contains a more profound spiritual and moral aspect.
但是,如果我们把资产阶级妇女权利运动仅仅看作是出于经济的动机,那我们就对它进行了不公正的对待。不,这场运动还包含了更深刻的精神和道德层面。
I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.
我来自一个相信人权的家庭,我引用他的原话,他相信为了证明我们大多数人的奢侈生活是合理的,为了与整个世界相关,你必须做些什么。
The sacred rights of mankind are not to be rummaged for among old parchments or musty records. They are written, as with a sunbeam, in the whole volume of human nature, by the hand of the divinity itself; and can never be erased.
人类的神圣权利不能在古老的羊皮纸卷或发霉的记录中翻找。它们就像一束阳光一样,由神亲自书写在人类本性的全集里;而且永远无法抹去。
To be a man is, precisely, to be responsible. It is to feel shame at the sight of what seems to be unmerited misery. It is to take pride in a victory won by one's comrades. It is to feel, when setting one's stone, that one is contributing to the building of the world.
做一个男人,准确地说,是负责任的。看到似乎是不值得的痛苦而感到羞耻。是为自己的同志所取得的胜利而自豪。这是感觉,当一个人的石头,一个人是在为建设世界作出贡献。
Don't fool yourself that you are going to have it all. You are not. Psychologically, having it all is not even a valid concept. The marvelous thing about human beings is that we are perpetually reaching for the stars. The more we have, the more we want. And for this reason, we never have it all.
别自欺欺人地以为你会拥有一切。你不是。从心理学上讲,拥有一切甚至都不是一个有效的概念。人类的奇妙之处在于,我们永远在向星星进发。我们拥有的越多,想要的就越多。因为这个原因,我们永远不会拥有一切。
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I have always believed that I should have had no difficulty in causing my rights to be respected.
我一直认为,我应该毫不费力地使我的权利得到尊重。
By rights you're a king. If I was you, I'd call for a new deal.
按理说你是国王。如果我是你,我会要求一笔新的交易。
Women's rights is not only an abstraction, a cause; it is also a personal affair. It is not only about us; it is also about me and you. Just the two of us.
妇女权利不仅是一种抽象概念,一种事业;这也是一件私事。这不仅关乎我们;这也是关于我和你。就我们两个人。
In recognizing the humanity of our fellow beings, we pay ourselves the highest tribute.
在承认我们同胞的人性时,我们向自己致以最高的敬意。
Individual rights are the means of subordinating society to moral law.
个人权利是使社会服从道德法律的手段。
Most people, no doubt, when they espouse human rights, make their own mental reservations about the proper application of the word human.
毫无疑问,大多数人在拥护人权的时候,对“人”一词的正确使用持保留态度。