A COLLECTION OF GOOD WORDS
权威
Authority
Eagles fly alone.
鹰单飞。
Authority forgets a dying king.
权威会忘记一个垂死的国王。
Authority is never without hate.
权威从来不是没有仇恨的。
To command one must learn to obey.
要想指挥,就必须学会服从。
No authority is higher than reality.
没有任何权威高于现实。
I've never been any good with authority.
我对权威从来就不在行。
Think for yourself and question authority.
独立思考,质疑权威。
A crown, if it hurts us, is not worth wearing.
一顶王冠,如果它伤害了我们,就不值得戴。
The faith that stands on authority is not faith.
立在权柄上的信心,不是信心。
It is not wisdom but Authority that makes a law.
制定法律的不是智慧,而是权威。
Nothing strengthens authority so much as silence.
没有什么比沉默更能加强权威了。
The man whose authority is recent is always stern.
最近掌权的人总是很严厉。
KEEP EXPLORING
沿着这个主题,再读几句。
You do not lead by hitting people over the head - that's assault, not leadership.
你不能打别人的头来领导别人——那是攻击,不是领导。
You can have power over people as long as you don't take everything away from them. But when you've robbed a man of everything, he's no longer in your power.
只要你不夺走别人的一切,你就能控制别人。但当你抢劫了一个人的一切,他就不在你的掌控之中了。
The hardest hit, as everywhere, are those who have no choice.
和其他地方一样,受打击最严重的是那些别无选择的人。
The whole philosophy of modern times is to dissolve distinctions between individuals and deal with them as large collections of people. It's essentially self-interested on the part of authority.
现代哲学的全部目的是消除个人之间的差别,并把它们当作一大批人来处理。从本质上说,这是对权威的利己主义。
No statement should be believed because it is made by an authority.
任何陈述都不应该被相信,因为它是由权威人士发表的。
Authority has every reason to fear the skeptic, for authority can rarely survive in the face of doubt.
权威完全有理由害怕怀疑论者,因为权威很少能在怀疑面前生存。