A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自由
Freedom
I am no bird; and no net ensnares me; I am a free human being with an independent will.
我不是鸟;没有网能把我缠住;我是一个拥有独立意志的自由的人。
Those who expect to be both ignorant and free, expect what never was and never will be.
那些既希望无知又希望自由的人,只希望过去和将来都是如此。
Those who surrender freedom for security will not have, nor do they deserve, either one.
那些为了安全而放弃自由的人将不会得到自由,他们也不配得到自由。
What happens if you do nothing, nothing, there's a price and a terrible freedom to that.
如果你什么都不做会发生什么,什么都不做,会有代价,会有可怕的自由。
I don't have to 'freedom-kiss' my wife when what I really want to do is French-kiss her.
当我真正想做的是法式热吻时,我不需要“自由吻”我的妻子。
Happiness without freedom, or freedom without happiness. There was no third alternative.
没有自由的幸福,或没有幸福的自由。没有第三种选择。
Every renaissance comes to the world with a cry, the cry of the human spirit to be free.
每一次文艺复兴的到来都伴随着一声呐喊,那是人类精神获得自由的呐喊。
Love and freedom are such hideous words. So many cruelties have been done in their name.
爱和自由是如此丑恶的字眼。以他们的名义进行了如此多的暴行。
The history of the world is none other than the progress of the consciousness of freedom.
世界的历史就是自由意识的进步。
If a free society cannot help the many who are poor, it cannot save the few who are rich.
如果一个自由的社会不能帮助许多穷人,它就不能拯救少数富人。
Freedom of Speech does not give a person the right to shout ‘Fire!’ in a crowded theatre.
言论自由并不意味着一个人有权大喊“着火了!”“在一个拥挤的剧院里。
Freedom is the only thing we must demand in life, for all other good things stem from it.
自由是我们在生活中唯一必须要求的东西,因为所有其他美好的东西都源于它。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
Years ago I recognized my kinship with all living things, and I made up my mind that I was not one bit better than the meanest on the earth. I said then and I say now, that while there is a lower class, I am in it; while there is a criminal element, I am of it; while there is a soul in prison, I am not free.
多年前,我认识到我与所有生物都有亲缘关系,我下定决心,我不比地球上最卑贱的人强一点点。我当时说过,现在也说过,只要有下层阶级,我就在其中;只要有犯罪的成分,我也有;只要有一个灵魂在监狱里,我就没有自由。
No man is free who is a slave to the flesh.
凡属肉体的人,没有一个是自由的。
All that money stuff was so strange; all it ever meant to me was freedom from worry. I'm happier now than I've ever been but I still wish I had that money.
所有关于钱的东西都是那么奇怪;对我来说,这一切意味着无忧无虑。我现在比以往任何时候都幸福,但我仍然希望我有那么多钱。
If we lose freedom here, there is no place to escape to. This is the last stand on earth.
如果我们在这里失去自由,就没有地方可逃。这是地球上的最后一站。
Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.
如果你喜欢,锁上你的图书馆;但是,没有一扇门,没有一把锁,没有一扇门闩,可以让我的思想自由。
We know through painful experience that freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor; it must be demanded by the oppressed.
我们通过痛苦的经历知道,压迫者永远不会自愿给予自由;这是被压迫者的要求。