Liberty consists in doing what one desires.
自由在于做自己想做的事。
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This young century will be liberty's century.
这个年轻的世纪将是自由的世纪。
Freedom goes hand-in-hand with mutual respect.
自由与相互尊重相辅相成。
The higher your station, the less your liberty.
你的地位越高，你的自由就越少。
We can afford no liberties with liberty itself.
我们不能让自由本身带有任何自由。
We are all of us the worse for too much liberty.
我们所有人都因为太多的自由而变得更糟。
It is harder to preserve than to obtain liberty.
维护自由比获得自由更难。
Liberty must be limited in order to be possessed.
要想拥有自由，就必须限制自由。
Liberty without virtue would be no blessing to us.
没有美德的自由对我们是没有好处的。
Life without liberty is like a body without spirit.
没有自由的生活就像没有灵魂的躯体。
Liberty exists in proportion to wholesome restraint.
自由与健全的约束成正比。
I am an aristocrat. I love liberty; I hate equality.
我是贵族。我爱自由;我讨厌平等。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题，再读几句。
Liberty cannot be preserved without general knowledge among the people.
没有人民的普遍知识，自由就不能得到维护。
He that would make his own liberty secure, must guard even his enemy from oppression; for if he violates this duty, he establishes a precedent that will reach to himself.
要使自己的自由得到保障，就连敌人也必须保护自己不受压迫;因为如果他违反了这一义务，他就为自己树立了一个先例。
This liberty will look easy by and by when nobody dies to get it.
当没有人为了得到这种自由而死的时候，这种自由就会变得很容易。
This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all say what they think, a majority of the people will be able to distinguish truth from error.
这个国家孕育于自由之中，奉行的原则包括:诚实的人可以诚实地提出异议;如果他们都能说出自己的想法，大多数人就能分清是非。
Learned institutions ought to be favorite objects with every free people. They throw that light over the public mind which is the best security against crafty and dangerous encroachments on the public liberty.
学术机构应该是每一个自由人民最喜爱的对象。它们使公众意识到，这是防止狡诈和危险侵犯公众自由的最佳保障。
Liberty is not a means to a higher political end. It is itself the highest political end.
自由不是达到更高政治目的的手段。这本身就是最高的政治目的。
A LITTLE ENCOURAGEMENT
给此刻的你，一点向前的力量。
关于学习、善意与成长，读一句，再想一想。
Intelligence without ambition is a bird without wings.
智慧而无志向，犹如鸟儿没有翅膀。
We cherish our friends not for their ability to amuse us, but for ours to amuse them.
我们珍惜朋友，不是因为他们能逗我们开心，而是因为我们能逗他们开心。
A good director creates an environment, which gives the actor the encouragement to fly.
一个好的导演创造了一个环境，这给了演员飞翔的动力。