A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自由
Freedom
Emancipation from the bondage of the soil is no freedom for the tree.
从土壤的束缚中解放出来对树来说并不是自由。
The average man does not want to be free. He simply wants to be safe.
普通人不想要自由。他只是想要安全。
The secret of happiness is freedom, the secret of freedom is courage.
幸福的秘密是自由,自由的秘密是勇气。
Love and freedom are vital to the creation and upbringing of a child.
爱和自由对创造和抚养孩子至关重要。
To me, freedom entitles you to do something, not to not do something.
对我来说,自由赋予你做某事的权利,而不是不做某事。
I love working with the quartet. I have more freedom and flexibility.
我喜欢和四重奏一起工作。我有更多的自由和灵活性。
Freedom keeps us soaring, but quarreling destroys our ability to fly.
自由让我们飞翔,但争吵摧毁了我们飞翔的能力。
Civilization is the order and freedom is promoting cultural activity.
文明是秩序,自由是促进文化活动。
Marriage is a fine institution, but I'm not ready for an institution.
婚姻是个很好的制度,但我还没准备好接受制度。
I had rather hear my dog bark at a crow, than a man swear he loves me.
我宁愿听到我的狗对着乌鸦吠叫,也不愿听到一个男人发誓说他爱我。
People ought to fight to keep their law as to defend the city's walls.
人们应该为遵守法律而战,就像保卫城市的城墙一样。
Real freedom is having nothing. I was freer when I didn't have a cent.
真正的自由是一无所有。当我身无分文时,我更自由。
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Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves.
那些剥夺他人自由的人不配拥有自由。
The ballot is stronger than the bullet.
选票比子弹更有威力。
Those who would give up essential liberty to purchase a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
那些愿意放弃基本自由而换取一点暂时安全的人,既不配享有自由,也不配享有安全。
And as we let our own light shine, we unconsciously give other people permission to do the same. As we are liberated from our fear, our presence automatically liberates others.
当我们让自己的光芒闪耀时,我们无意识地允许别人也这样做。当我们从恐惧中解放出来时,我们的存在自动地解放了他人。
To say that any people are not fit for freedom, is to make poverty their choice, and to say they had rather be loaded with taxes than not.
说任何一个人都不适合自由,就是让贫困成为他们的选择,说他们宁愿背负重税也不愿不负担。
Give me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to conscience, above all liberties.
请给我自由,让我知道,让我说出,让我根据良心自由地辩论,而不是一切自由。