A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
自由
Liberty
The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited; he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.
到目前为止，个人的自由必须受到限制;他不能使自己成为别人的累赘。
The liberty of the individual is no gift of civilization. It was greatest before there was any civilization.
个人的自由不是文明的礼物。在任何文明出现之前，它是最伟大的。
But such is the irresistable nature of truth, that all it asks, and all it wants is the liberty of appearing.
但这就是真理的不可抗拒的本性，它所要求的一切，它所需要的一切，就是显现的自由。
The only man who is really free is the one who can turn down an invitation to dinner without giving any excuse.
唯一真正自由的人是能够拒绝宴会的邀请而不用提出理由的人。
What light is to the eyes - what air is to the lungs - what love is to the heart, liberty is to the soul of man.
自由之于人的灵魂，就像光之于眼，空气之于肺，爱情之于心。
Liberty, as well as honor, man ought to preserve at the hazard of his life, for without it life is insupportable.
自由和荣誉一样，人们应该冒着生命危险去维护，因为没有它，生命是无法维持的。
There is a certain enthusiasm in liberty, that makes human nature rise above itself, in acts of bravery and heroism.
人们对自由有一种热情，这种热情使人的天性在勇敢和英勇的行为中超越自我。
Perfect freedom is as necessary to the health and vigor of commerce as it is to the health and vigor of citizenship.
完全自由对商业的健康和活力的必要，正如对公民的健康和活力的必要一样。
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。
Educate and inform the whole mass of the people... They are the only sure reliance for the preservation of our liberty.
教育和通知全体人民……他们是维护我们自由的唯一可靠的依靠。
I would rather be exposed to the inconveniences attending too much liberty than those attending too small a degree of it.
我宁愿承受太多自由带来的不便，也不愿承受太少自由带来的不便。
It will be found an unjust and unwise jealousy to deprive a man of his natural liberty upon the supposition he may abuse it.
假定一个人可能会滥用自然的自由，就剥夺他的这种自由，人们会发现这是一种不公正和不明智的嫉妒。
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I want children, but at the moment the liberty I have now finally, has a far too high value.
我想要孩子，但现在我终于拥有的自由，价值太高了。
Timid men prefer the calm of despotism to the tempestuous sea of liberty.
胆怯的人宁愿选择专制的平静，也不愿选择汹涌的自由之海。
Most females will forgive a liberty rather than a slight.
大多数女性会原谅自由而不是轻视。
When liberty is mentioned, we must always be careful to observe whether it is not really the assertion of private interests which is thereby designated.
当提到自由时，我们必须始终谨慎地观察，这是不是真正的主张个人利益，从而被指定。
And what is liberty, whose very name makes the heart beat faster and shakes the world? Is it not the union of all liberties - liberty of conscience, of education, of association, of the press, of travel, or labor, or trade?
自由是什么，它的名字能使人心跳加速，震撼世界?难道它不是所有自由的联盟吗——良知的自由、教育的自由、结社的自由、出版的自由、旅行的自由、劳动的自由、贸易的自由?
For this generation, ours, life is nuclear survival, liberty is human rights, the pursuit of happiness is a planet whose resources are devoted to the physical and spiritual nourishment of its inhabitants.
对我们这一代人来说，生命是核的生存，自由是人权，追求幸福是一个其资源用于滋养其居民的物质和精神的星球。